Xana
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Xana by the numbers
Xana was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 1994, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Xana
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 Xana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Xana
Names that are said the same way as Xana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Zainagraceful beauty; a form of Zaynab or Zain51 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaynabeauty or grace; a form of Zaynab73 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaynahgrace; beauty; a form of Zaynab38 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zannagracious; short form of Susanna20 in the US (2017)
- Zanahospitable; a form of Xenia or diminutive of Susanna8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zainahgrace; beauty; ornament4 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Xana
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