Yana
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A female given name from the Slavic languages
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/jɑːnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Yana is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country, where it is the 8th most common given name.
- BGBulgaria≈1 in 745(inferred from the name graph)
- PLPoland1 in 1.8K
- CZCzechia1 in 20as Jana
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Yana itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Czechia (measured from records)
- #349 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 332 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 745 (inferred from the name graph)
529,888 named Jana
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bulgaria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Яна in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, BY Belarus and 1 more and Jana in CZ Czechia, EG Egypt, SK Slovakia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A female given name from the Slavic languages. A romanization of the Bulgarian or Russian or Ukrainian name Я́на (Jána).
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yana counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | #8 | 529,888as Jana | 1 in 20 | 530K | Jana | 197 |
| RU Russia | #73 | ≈440,000 est. | ≈1 in 325 | #51 | Яна | 199 |
| CN China | — | ≈190,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.4K | — | Яна | 42 |
| UA Ukraine | #75 | ≈120,000 est. | ≈1 in 379 | listed | Яна | 120 |
| EG Egypt | #263 | ≈51,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Jana | 76 |
| BY Belarus | #77 | ≈36,000 est. | ≈1 in 261 | 3 | Яна | 48 |
| PL Poland | #943 | 20,961 | 1 in 1.8K | 21K | Yana | 82 |
| SK Slovakia | #35 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 317 | — | Jana | 165 |
| BG Bulgaria | #122 | ≈9,400 est. | ≈1 in 745 | — | Yana | 109 |
529,888 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Universal Dependencies Belarusian-HSE Corpus — Person Names (UD_Belarusian-HSE). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Yana is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
pigeon
as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
In English, meaning unclear in OCR
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In German, weibl. Vom., modische Schreibvariante von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Swahili, ji-ma class subject inflected plural present affirmative of -wa na
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of やな
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Yanka Dyagilevab. 1966RUnot in their usual nameSoviet poet and singer-songwriter (1966-1991)
- Yana Troyanovab. 1973RURussian actress
- Yana Guptab. 1979CZCzech model and actress
- Tie Ya Nab. 1979CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong table tennis player
- Yana Tobosob. 1984JPJapanese manga artist (born 1984)
- Jana Khokhlovab. 1985RUnot in their usual nameRussian ice dancer
- Yana Kunitskayab. 1989RURussian mixed martial arts fighter
- Layahb. 1989UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian singer
- Jerry Heilb. 1995UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian singer-songwriter and YouTuber
- Yana Zinkevychb. 1995UAUkrainian medic volunteer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 91 sources across 44 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 21K | #146 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 21K | #146 |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2025 | 19 | — |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 14 | #1,955 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 13 | #9,039 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 11 | #9,097 |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Yana?
- A machine transcription gives /jɑːnə/ (IPA) for Ukrainian.
- Where does the name Yana come from?
- A female given name from the Slavic languages. A romanization of the Bulgarian or Russian or Ukrainian name Я́на (Jána). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Yana?
- In the etymology graph, Jean, Jane and Joan are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Yana have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 530 thousand people named Jana, more than in any other country we hold.
- What does the name Yana mean?
- Recorded meaning: A female given name from the Slavic languages.
- Is Yana a male or female name?
- Yana is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Yana?
- In Poland, the national register counted 20,961 people named Yana in 2026, about 1 in 1.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Yana compared with other names?
- In Czechia, Yana is the 8th most common given name of 16,679 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yanaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yana” — the 8th most common given name in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.