Ayana

ay-ahn-uh; eye-ahn-uh
Arabic, African, Kazakh
"large eyes; time; beautiful flower; clear, obvious, revealed; seeing, witnessing"

Ayana Origin and Meaning

The name Ayana is a girl's name meaning "large eyes; time; beautiful flower; clear, obvious, revealed; seeing, witnessing".

With diverse roots and meanings, Ayana is a cross-cultural possibility with Arabic, African, and Kazakh origin. Both Ayana and Ayanna enjoyed a spike of popularity in the 1990s, but have faded since then, though 246 girls were given the name in the US in a recent year, placing it just outside the Top 1000. It appeared in the Kazakhstani top 15 multiple times in the 2010s and recently ranked in the UK Top 500.

# 973 in the US

Ayana Rank in US Top 1000

Ayana Popularity

Famous People Named Ayana

  • Ayana Taketatsu
    Japanese singer and actress
  • Ayana
    Japanese singer,songwriter
  • Ayana D’Nay Walker
    American basketball player
  • Ayana Tsubaki
    Japanese transgender TV personality
  • Ayana V. Jackson
    American photographer
  • Paloma Ayana Stoecker aka Delilah
    British singer,songwriter

Ayana in Pop Culture

  • "Ayana
    " short story by Stephen King and its main character, a blind girl with healing powers
  • Ayana
    Ethiopian for "beautiful flower"