Ayana
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 81 babies a year in England and Wales.
Ayana by the numbers
In 2025, 81 babies in England and Wales were named Ayana. In the US, 223 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 405 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Ayana
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 Ayana. 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)
- Ayangift or blessing255 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ayannabeautiful flower; blooming flower229 in the US (2017)
- Aryananoble or honorable; a form of Ariana206 in the US (2017)
- Alyanaexalted; a modern spelling of Aliyah83 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ahanadawn, first light of morning15 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Ayana
Names that are said the same way as Ayana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Anahiflower; from guaraní indigenous tradition481 in the US (2017)
- Anyagrace; a russian form of anna155 in England and Wales (2025)
- Anayahgod has answered; a form of Hannah156 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aanyagracious, merciful39 in England and Wales (2025)
- Anaiahgod has answered or afflicted100 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aniagrace; a form of Anna77 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ayana
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