Yoona

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Yoona by the numbers

Yoona was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Yoona

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 Yoona. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Yonadove12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • YoanaGod is gracious; a form of Joanna12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yomna9 in the US (2017)
  • Yumnablessed, fortunate55 in England and Wales (2025)
  • YohanaGod is gracious; feminine form of John49 in the US (2017)
  • Yoannagod is gracious; a form of Joanna14 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Yoona

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