Given name

Ianah

Ianah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Ianah isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Ianah through the years

Babies since 1880
5
0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
2008
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01232025Highest share 20080.0
Ianah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2008–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Ianah’s family of names

Ianah has a related form in Ianna.

Walk Ianah’s family in the name graph

IanahIanaIanna

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Ianah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Dilana

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Arriannah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ijana

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Aiona

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ayunna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Aminna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Aaryanna

Aaryanna is a feminine given name.

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Oreana

“a nurturing woman” · “born at sunrise”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Ianah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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