Given name
Idania
“a king”
Idania is a variant of Ida. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “a king.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Idania is a variant of Ida. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “a king.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Idania is a variant of Ida. An origin associated with Ida is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Idania through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 618
- 0 boys · 618 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,629 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +72%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,629 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,190 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Idania
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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