Svana

A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning swan.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Svana by the numbers

Svana was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Svana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Sanabrilliant, radiant70 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Savanatreeless plain or grassland62 in the US (2017)
  • Shanalily; a form of Shoshana6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Svarasound, tone, melody5 in the US (2017)
  • Siana15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Savannatreeless plain or grassland534 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a bird

Like Svana, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
  • Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
  • Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
  • Alondralark; a form of Alondra844 in the US (2017)
  • Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
  • Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Svana

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