Given name & surname
Thana
“one showing gratitude; thankfulness”
Thana is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one showing gratitude; thankfulness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one showing gratitude; thankfulness.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 68
- 0 boys · 68 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 8 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 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1950. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 340 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.
Thana’s family of names
Thana has a related form in Thane. Thana has a related form in Thaina. Thana has a related form in Thayna.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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