Inanna
A girls’ name of Sumerian origin, meaning queen of heaven.
Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Inanna by the numbers
Inanna was given to 10 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.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Inanna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ivannagod is gracious; feminine form of John575 in the US (2017)
- Iyannagod is gracious; a modern respelling of Ioanna or Ivanna139 in the US (2017)
- Iannagod is gracious; a form of Joanna24 in the US (2017)
- Ioannagod is gracious; feminine form of John4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ilanna6 in the US (2017)
- Inayacare, concern, attentiveness295 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a queen
Like Inanna, each of these has a queen in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean the sky or heaven
Like Inanna, each of these has the sky or heaven in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Inanna
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