Sana

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Shauna in US United States, CA Canada, AU Australia and 1 more, Jona in PH Philippines, FI Finland, BR Brazil and 1 more, Сания in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan and Sani in NG Nigeria, ID Indonesia.

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 4 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◐

Sana is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name22K records spelled Sana11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Morocco

  Also written Saña, Sanā, Sānā, S̲anā, Sañá

• Indonesian given name6.5K records spelled Sana7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, Pakistan, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Sa'Na, Säņã, Şana, Sâna

• Norwegian Bokmål given name3.4K records spelled Sana29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, United States, India

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Sãnã, Sanaå, Sãnãa, Saña, Sànaa

• Finnish given name1.2K records spelled Sana4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, India, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Sänä, Sànà

• Amharic given name745 records spelled Sana3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Ethiopia

  Also written ሳና, Sanaa

• Czech surname714 records spelled Sana21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, United States, India, Slovakia

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Šana, Šána, Saňa, Šaňa, Sáňa

• Hungarian given name285 records spelled Sana3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, India, Hungary, United States

  Also written Sãnå, Şana

43 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●

Sana 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 Swedish, Sana är ett arabiskt namn. Det betyder ’strålglans, bländande sken’.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Arabic, brilliance, radiance, resplendence, splendour, majestic

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, praise; commendation; eulogy

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In English, Arabic; the radiant one

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• Stranger.

  as a name·The African book of names

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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 92 years between 1899–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Sana Solhb. 1939LBLebanese political activist
• Sana Na N'Hadab. 1950GWBissau-Guinean film director
• Sana Ben Achourb. 1955TNTunisian academic, jurist and activist
• Sana Takedab. 1977JPJapanese illustrator
• Sana Krasikovb. 1979USwriter
• Sana Amanatb. 1982USAmerican comic book editor and producer
• Sana Javedb. 1993PKPakistani actress and model
• Sana Makbulb. 1993INIndian model and actress
• Sana Morohashib. 1996JPJapanese female idol, voice actress and member of =LOVE
• Faruzansana Mohamadob. 2004JPnot in their usual nameJapanese association football player

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 · 801 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sana?

We estimate roughly 258 thousand people bear Sana (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Sana have the most bearers?

Sana is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled soni.

How common is Sana compared with other names?

In India, Sana is the 92nd most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Sana a male or female name?

Sana is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Sana mean?

Recorded meaning: Swahili: 'very much'; also a Muslim female name meaning 'look upon, gaze.'