Dayana

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Dajana in DE Germany, AT Austria, NL Netherlands, Daiana in PL Poland, UA Ukraine, Даиана in KZ Kazakhstan and Дайана in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Dayana is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name10K records spelled Dayana4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Peru, Indonesia, Spain

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Dayana, Däyänä

• Lao given name5.8K records spelled Dayana24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Malaysia, Peru

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Däyänä, ดายานา, Däÿänä, ดายาน่า, Dâyâna

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Dayana is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Cebuano, a reveille; the sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 60 years between 1961–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Dayana Cadeaub. 1966CAHaitian-born Canadian/American professional female bodybuilder
• Dayana Amigob. 1981CLChilean actress
• Dayana Colmenaresb. 1984VEVenezuelan model
• Dayana Mendozab. 1986VEVenezuelan model, actress and beauty pageant contestant
• Dayana Borgesb. 1990VEVenezuelan model
• Dayana Sánchezb. 1992ARArgentine boxer
• Dayana Segoviab. 1996COColombian volleyball player
• Dayana Yastremskab. 2000UAUkrainian female tennis player
• Dayana Rodríguezb. 2001VEVenezuelan footballer
• Dayana Kirillovab. 2002RURussian singer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 586 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Dayana?

We estimate roughly 125 thousand people bear Dayana (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Dayana have the most bearers?

Dayana is most frequently recorded in Venezuela, where it is most often spelled dayana.

Where is Dayana most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dayana is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 518 people — even though Venezuela holds more of our records for it.

How common is Dayana compared with other names?

In Venezuela, Dayana is the 97th most common given name of 213,120 given names recorded there.

Is Dayana a male or female name?

Dayana is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Dayana mean?

Recorded meaning: From the pronunciation of English Diana, maybe because of the influence of Paul Anka's song with the same name.