Given name & surname
Vana
“golden-haired woman”
Vana is a variant of Vanna. One interpretation is “golden-haired woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vana is a variant of Vanna. One interpretation is “golden-haired woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 558
- 0 boys · 558 girls
- Most popular year
- 1948
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,325 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,325 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 676 as a first name in 2020; 897 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vana’s family of names
Vana has a related form in Vanna. In Armenian usage, Vana is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Վանա.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
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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