Iyona
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Iyona by the numbers
Iyona was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 36 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Iyona
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 Iyona. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Iyona
Names that are said the same way as Iyona, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Inaayacompassion and care43 in England and Wales (2025)
- Iyannagod is gracious; a modern respelling of Ioanna or Ivanna139 in the US (2017)
- Iniyasweet and pleasant14 in England and Wales (2025)
- IoanaGod is gracious; a form of Joanna16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ioannagod is gracious; feminine form of John4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Inaayah15 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Iyona
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