Nayanna

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nayanna by the numbers

Nayanna was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Nayanna

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

  • Nayanaeye or sight16 in the US (2017)
  • Niyanna6 in the US (2017)
  • Nyanna6 in the US (2017)
  • NataniaGod gave; feminine form of Nathan or Nathaniel12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Natanyahe gave or gift from god; feminine form of nathan7 in the US (2017)
  • Nayara7 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Nayanna

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