Given name
Dayana
“resembling a bird of prey”
Dayana is a variant of Daya. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a bird of prey.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dayana is a variant of Daya. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a bird of prey.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dayana is a variant of Daya. An origin associated with Daya is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dayana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15,603
- 5 boys · 15,598 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 777 babies
- 2025
- 392
- #716 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 392 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 716 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 1.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 777 in 2008. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (54 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,375 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.
Dayana’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Dayana was borrowed from the English form Diana. Dayana has a related form in Daya. In Kazakh usage, Dayana is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Даяна.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dayana
- Dayana MendozaVenezuelan model, actress and beauty pageant contestantborn 1986
- Dayana YastremskaUkrainian female tennis playerborn 2000
- Dayana KirillovaRussian singerborn 2002
- Dayana CadeauHaitian-born Canadian/American professional female bodybuilderborn 1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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