Yaana
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Yaana by the numbers
Yaana was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Yaana
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 Yaana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Yanaresponsive or attentive43 in England and Wales (2025)
- YoanaGod is gracious; a form of Joanna12 in England and Wales (2025)
- YannaGod is gracious; a form of Johanna3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yasnaworship; sacrifice in zoroastrianism6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yvanagod is gracious; form of Ivana7 in the US (2017)
- Yaarahoneycomb3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Yaana
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