Given name & surname
Yanna
“he answers”
Yanna is a variant of Yana. One Hebrew interpretation is “he answers.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yanna is a variant of Yana. One Hebrew interpretation is “he answers.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yanna is a variant of Yana. An origin associated with Yana is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yanna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 608
- 0 boys · 608 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #7,119 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,119 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 2009. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,218 as a first name in 2020; 208 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.
Yanna’s family of names
In Breton usage, Yanna has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jean. Yanna has a related form in Yana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
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 Yanna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.