Avana

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3705
6 babies

Avana by the numbers

In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Avana. In the US, 25 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

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 Avana

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 Avana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Alanafair, bright; feminine form of Alan1,432 in the US (2017)
  • Avaniearth39 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ahanadawn, first light of morning15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amanafaithful; true; trustworthy10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Asanaposture or pose in yoga5 in the US (2017)
  • Aviana686 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Avana

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

Names about as common as Avana

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