Given name & surname
Ionna
“woman from the island”
Ionna is a variant of Iona. One Greek interpretation is “woman from the island.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ionna is a variant of Iona. One Greek interpretation is “woman from the island.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ionna is a variant of Iona. Iona has been associated with Latin and Old Norse naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ionna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 272
- 0 boys · 272 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,304 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −57%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,304 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 238 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.
Ionna’s family of names
Ionna has a related form in Iona. Ionna has a related form in Ianna. In Greek usage, Ionna as a surname is a transliteration of Ιωννά.
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 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.