Given name

Inana

Inana is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Inana 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

Inana is a variant of Inanna. The history of Inanna gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Inanna is associated with the goddess of love, fertility, war, and the earth.

Explained through its name family

Inana’s family of names

Inana has a related form in Inanna.

Walk Inana’s family in the name graph

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The ring: 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.

Similar names

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

Mythological

Angrona

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Disanna

“in Hinduism, goddess of prosperity”

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Yspadda

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Ishtarra

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Ishtarah

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Eponah

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Eponnah

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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

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