Given name & surname
Oana
Oana is a feminine given name. It is used in English and Romanian.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Oana 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
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2022. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 739 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.
Oana’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Oana is a shortened form of IOANA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Oana
- Oana BanRomanian gymnastborn 1986
- Oana GregoryRomanian actress and modelborn 1996
- Oana PantelimonRomanian athletics competitor (born 1972)
- Oana ManeaRomanian female handballerborn 1985
- Oana ȚoiuRomanian politicianborn 1985
- Oana PelleaRomanian actressborn 1962
- Oana LungescuRomanian journalistborn 1958
- Oana ȚipleaRomanian handball playerborn 1981
- Oana PetrovschiRomanian gymnastborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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