Ayanah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 13 babies a year in England and Wales.
Ayanah by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Ayanah. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 33 babies in 2007, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Ayanah
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 Ayanah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Ayanah
Names that are said the same way as Ayanah, 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)
- Ayannabeautiful flower; blooming flower229 in the US (2017)
- 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)
Names about as common as Ayanah
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