Given name
Yovana
“a young archer”
In American use, Yovana carries the interpretation “a young archer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In American use, Yovana carries the interpretation “a young archer.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Yovana is used as a form of Yvonne.
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
Yovana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 480
- 0 boys · 480 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 61 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,881 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,881 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 61 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 801 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.
Yovana’s family of names
Yovana is a form of Yvonne. Yovana has a related form in Yovanna. Yovana has a related form in Yovanah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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