At a Glance: Name: Yana – Meaning: "God is gracious" (the same root meaning as Jane and John) – Origin: Slavic (from Hebrew, via Jane/John) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: YAH-nah
Yana is a Slavic (from Hebrew, via Jane/John) girl's name meaning “"God is gracious" (the same root meaning as Jane and John)”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Yana
Meaning: "God is gracious" (the same root meaning as Jane and John).
Origin: Slavic (from Hebrew, via Jane/John).
A common claim: "Gift from God" (Slavic origin), or sometimes said to be a Salish word for "bear" Actually: This name is more precisely traced to 'God is gracious,' the meaning behind John and Jane, rather than literally 'gift from God.' It's also sometimes said to be a Salish word meaning 'bear' -- but the real Yana language, unrelated to the Salish languages, uses 'yana' to mean 'person, people,' not 'bear.'
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Yana
Phonetic: YAH-nah IPA: /ˈja.nə/
Popularity of Yana
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1955–2024.
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