Iana

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Იანა in GE Georgia and Yana in IN India.

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 5 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◐

Iana is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name17K records spelled Iana10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Germany, Philippines

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written I’ana, Iânå, Ianä, Ìana, I︠A︡na

• Romanian given name9.0K records spelled Iana2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Moldova, Romania, United States, Russia

  Also written Iană

• French given name1.7K records spelled Iana6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Yana, Yänä, Ïana, Ïanå

• Indonesian given name453 records spelled Iana3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Russia, United States

  Also written I'Ana, Iánä

• a separate given name452 records spelled Iana4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Ukraine

  Also written I͡ana, Ianá, I︠A︡na

• Norwegian Bokmål given name406 records spelled Iana6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Îañä

53 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●

Iana is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latin, The moon-goddess identified as Diana, daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; goddess of the hunt, associated with wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Greek goddess Artemis.

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

• In kbt, he, she, it; the third-person singular personal pronoun

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

• In enm, alternative form of hiene

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

• In alu, pregnant

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In dob, fish

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 47 years between 1970–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Yanka Dyagilevab. 1966RUnot in their usual nameSoviet poet and singer-songwriter (1966-1991)
• Yana Troyanovab. 1973RUnot in their usual nameRussian actress
• Yana Vagnerb. 1973RUnot in their usual nameRussian writer and translator
• Yana Rudkovskayab. 1975RUnot in their usual nameRussian television presenter and producer of Dima Bilan
• Jana Khokhlovab. 1985RUnot in their usual nameRussian ice dancer
• Yana Kunitskayab. 1989RUnot in their usual nameRussian mixed martial arts fighter
• Yana Buchinab. 1992RUnot in their usual nameRussian tennis player
• Yana Yenzhayevab. 1994RUnot in their usual nameactress
• Jerry Heilb. 1995UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian singer-songwriter and YouTuber
• Yana Zinkevychb. 1995UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian medic volunteer

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 · 268 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Iana?

We estimate roughly 49 thousand people bear Iana (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Iana have the most bearers?

We estimate about 21 thousand people bear Iana in Poland, more than in any other country in our records.

Where is Iana most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Iana is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 434 people — even though Poland holds more of our records for it.

How common is Iana compared with other names?

In Georgia, Iana is the 430th most common given name of 34,237 given names recorded there.

Is Iana a male or female name?

Iana 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 Iana mean?

Recorded meaning: Initialism of I am not a(n), a caveat used by lay people to distinguish themselves from professionals on a subject.