Given name & surname · also Romanian
Zana
“one having great fame”
Zana is a variant of Zena. One African interpretation is “one having great fame.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zana is a variant of Zena. One African interpretation is “one having great fame.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Romanian and Hebrew naming traditions.
The story
In mythological stories, Zana is associated with the three Graces.
Zana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,288
- 0 boys · 2,288 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 252 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #4,983 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,983 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 252 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,988 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.
Zana’s family of names
Zana is a form of Susanna. Zana has a related form in Zena. In Lithuanian usage, Zana has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Zuzana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
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 Zana
- Zana MarjanovićBosnian actressborn 1983
- Zana Ramadanipolitician and activist from Germanyborn 1984
- Zana BriskiBritish photographer and filmmakerborn 1966
- Zana Alléefootballer (born 1994)
- Zana KrasniqiKosovar beauty pageant contestantborn 1988
- Zana NimaniYugoslav singerborn 1961
- Zana MuhsenBritish writerborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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