Given name
Yuna
“a gorgeous woman”
Yuna is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “a gorgeous woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a gorgeous woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yuna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,063
- 0 boys · 3,063 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 271 babies
- 2025
- 271
- #952 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +49%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 271 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 952 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 49.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (70). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,293 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.
Yuna’s family of names
Yuna has a related form in Yunah. Yuna has a related form in Yunna. Yuna has a related form in Yunnah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yuna
- Yuna ItoAmerican-born singer and actress active in Japanborn 1983
- YunaMalaysian singerborn 1986
- Yuna NagaokaJapanese figure skaterborn 2005
- Yuna OguraJapanese AV idolborn 1998
- Yuna KagesakiJapanese manga artistborn 1973
- Yuna AokiJapanese association football playerborn 2008
- Yuna AokiJapanese figure skaterborn 2002
- yunaJapanese female model, YouTuberborn 2004
- Yuna MatsubaraJapanese association football playerborn 2000
Characters named Yuna: Yuna (Final Fantasy X).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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