Yovany

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — four 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

Yovany by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 45 babies in 2010, so it is a 2010s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Yovany

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

  • Yovangod is gracious; a form of John6 in the US (2017)
  • Yovani38 in the US (2017)
  • Yovanny7 in the US (2017)
  • Yobany6 in the US (2017)
  • Yuvanyoung man or youth25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yohangod is gracious; a form of John15 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Yovany

Names that are said the same way as Yovany, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Yovany

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