Yana.
A female given name from the Slavic languages. A romanization of the Bulgarian or Russian or Ukrainian name Я́на (Jána).
Meaning & usage
A female given name from the Slavic languages. A romanization of the Bulgarian or Russian or Ukrainian name Я́на (Jána).
A river in Sakha (Yakutia), Russia that rises near Verkhoyansk and flows into the Yana Bay of the Laptev Sea.
Where this word comes from
Cognate to English Jane, ultimately from Hebrew, feminine form of Ioannes ( =John).
A member of a North American Indian people who once resided in the eastern portion of the upper Sacramento River valley in California.
Where this word comes from
From Yana yana (“person, people”).
The now extinct language of the Yana people, best known for a systematic differentiation between men's and women's speech.
Where this word comes from
From Yana yana (“person, people”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.