Nyana

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nyana by the numbers

Nyana was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 29 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Nyana

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

  • Nanagrace; a diminutive of Hannah60 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nayanaeye or sight16 in the US (2017)
  • Nyalaantelope; a type of animal16 in the US (2017)
  • Niana19 in the US (2017)
  • Niyana14 in the US (2017)
  • Nyanna6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Nyana

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

Names about as common as Nyana

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