Given name
Jahana
“a woman of the world”·“man of the world”
Jahana is a feminine form of Jahan. One Indian interpretation is “man of the world.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Iranian use, Jahana carries the interpretation “a woman of the world.” Jahana is a feminine form of Jahan. One Indian interpretation is “man of the world.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
Jahana is a feminine form of Jahan. An origin associated with Jahan is Indian.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Jahana is used as a feminine counterpart of Jahan.
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
Jahana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 0 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2019. 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.
Jahana’s family of names
Jahana is a feminine form of Jahan. Jahana has a related form in Jahanna. Jahana has a related form in Jahane.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jahana
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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