Jana

Girl Arabic #1201 in 2023

Jana is a girl name of Arabic origin.

Meaning of Jana

Jana is the spelling of several unrelated given names.In Albanian, short for Jehona which means "echo", other short names include Jona, Ana, Hona In Arabic Jana, is a noun which means "to Earn" or "to Reap" and is used as a female name, but is pronounced as Janaa In Brazilian Portuguese, short for Janaína, a name Amerindian, is a female name of Tupi-Guarani origin.

Popularity of Jana

Popularity, 1921–2023

200 births in 2023

1921 2023

45,833 U.S. births recorded from 1921–2023.

Peak year

1961

1,457 babies

First recorded

1921

102 years of history

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Summary adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.