Viana
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in England and Wales.
Viana by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Viana. In the US, 31 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 33 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Viana
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 Viana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Viana
Names that are said the same way as Viana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Fionafair or white1,672 in the US (2017)
- Viennafrom Vienna, the capital city of Austria229 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fionnafair or white; feminine form of Fionn25 in the US (2017)
- Fiannawarrior band, soldiers14 in the US (2017)
- Vihaanamorning, dawn; radiant light5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fyonafair, white; a form of Fiona5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Viana
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