Given name
Aksana
“one who gives glory to God”
Aksana is a form of Oksana. One Russian interpretation is “one who gives glory to God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Russian use, Aksana carries the interpretation “one who gives glory to God.” Aksana is a form of Oksana. One Russian interpretation is “one who gives glory to God.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
How it developed
Aksana is used as a form of Oksana.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aksana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 0 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 348 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aksana’s family of names
Aksana is a form of Oksana. Aksana has a related form in Aksanah. Aksana has a related form in Aksanna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aksana
- Aksana MiankovaBelarusian hammer throwerborn 1982
- Aksana PapkoBelarusian track cyclistborn 1988
- Aksana DrahunBelorussian athletics competitor (born 1981)
- Aksana SprynčanBelarusian writerborn 1973
- Aksana DziamidavaBelarusian swimmerborn 1993
- Aksana KavalchukBelarusian volleyball playerborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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