Aithana

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Aithana by the numbers

Aithana was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Aithana

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aithana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aitana422 in the US (2017)
  • Aitiana11 in the US (2017)
  • Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ahanadawn, first light of morning15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aahanafirst light of dawn76 in the US (2017)
  • Ailanabright, fair; feminine form of alan20 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Aithana

Names that are said the same way as Aithana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Athinafrom Athena, goddess of wisdom; a form of Athena11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Atheneavariant of Athena; goddess of wisdom5 in the US (2017)
  • Atheena4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Athenna9 in the US (2017)
  • Athyna8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Aithana

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