Myana

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Myana by the numbers

Myana was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 36 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Myana

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

  • Moanaocean or sea141 in the US (2017)
  • Manaspiritual power or prestige8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Myrnabeloved, tender14 in the US (2017)
  • Mayanaillusion or magic; of illusion8 in the US (2017)
  • Myanna28 in the US (2017)
  • Miyana22 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Myana

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

Names about as common as Myana

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