Given name & surname
Jovana
“daughter of the sky”
In Spanish use, Jovana carries the interpretation “daughter of the sky.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Jovana carries the interpretation “daughter of the sky.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
Jovana is used as a feminine counterpart of Jovian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jovana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,048
- 0 boys · 2,048 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 185 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,374 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,374 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 28.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 185 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,415 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.
Jovana’s family of names
Jovana is a feminine form of Jovian. Jovana has a related form in Jovita. Jovana has a related form in Jovanna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jovannavariant
- Jovitavariant
- Jovinavariant
- Jovianavariant
- Joviannevariant
- Jeovannavariant
- Jeovanavariant
- Jovvanalikely variant
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Spellings & scripts 3
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.
People named Jovana
- Jovana JoksimovićSerbian television presenterborn 1981
- Jovana DamnjanovićSerbian association football playerborn 1994
- Jovana BrakočevićFemale volleyball player from Serbiaborn 1988
- Jovana PrekovićSerbian karatekaborn 1996
- Jovana JovićSerbian female tennis playerborn 1993
- Jovana StevanovićSerbian volleyball playerborn 1992
- Jovana RapportSerbian chess playerborn 1992
- Jovana VesovićSerbian volleyball playerborn 1987
- Jovana KocićSerbian volleyball playerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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