Avanna

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

Avanna by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Avanna

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

  • Aviannabird-like; a form of Avia with the suffix -anna646 in the US (2017)
  • Alannafair; beautiful; a form of Alana563 in the US (2017)
  • Ayannabeautiful flower; blooming flower229 in the US (2017)
  • Adannadaughter of the father25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Avyanna67 in the US (2017)
  • Avana6 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Avanna

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

Names about as common as Avanna

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