Yanay
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Yanay by the numbers
Yanay was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Yanay
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 Yanay. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Yanaresponsive or attentive43 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yanahhe answered or god answered8 in the US (2017)
- Yancy21 in the US (2017)
- Yanetgod is gracious; variant of Janette6 in England and Wales (2025)
- YanniGod is gracious; a form of John27 in the US (2017)
- YoanaGod is gracious; a form of Joanna12 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Yanay
Names that are said the same way as Yanay, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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