Yona
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning dove.
Babies a year
12
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2278
12 babies
Yona by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Yona. In the US, 37 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 28 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yona. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a bird
Like Yona, 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 Yona
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