Ayana is a name known in several unrelated languages around the world, including Amharic, Hebrew, Japanese, Kikongo, Oromo, and Turkic.
| Gender | Female (generally) Unisex (Kongo) |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese, Kikongo, Oromo, Turkic, Hebrew, Amharic |
| Meaning | Varies by culture |
Amharic
editIn Ethiopian culture, the name Ayana means beautiful flower in Amharic.[1]
Hebrew
editThe Hebrew name Ayana is a variant of Maayan, meaning fountain or spring.[2]
Japanese
editAyana (あやな, アヤナ) is a feminine Japanese given name which can be written using different kanji with different meanings:
- 彩菜, "colorful, greens"
- 彩那, "colorful, what"
- 彩名, "colorful, name"
- 綾奈, "design, what"
- 朱菜, "vermilion, greens"
The name can also be written in either hiragana or katakana.
Kikongo
editAyana (Ah-yah-nah or Ay-yah-nah) is a unisex Bakongo name that means "they protected" or "they supported" in the Kongo language. Those who bear the name can be found in northwest Angola, southwest Democratic Republic of Congo, and among the African diaspora in the Americas.[3]
People
edit- Ayana (彩菜), Japanese singer-songwriter
- Ayana Holloway Arce, American physicist
- Ayana V. Jackson (born 1977), American photographer and filmmaker
- Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, American marine biologist
- Ayana Jordan, American addiction psychiatrist
- Ayana Onozuka (彩那, born 1988), Japanese freestyle skier
- Ayana Sakai (彩名, born 1985), Japanese actress
- Ayana Shahab (アヤナ, born 1997), Japanese-Indonesian singer
- Ayana Siriwardhana (born 1999), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Ayana Taketatsu (彩奈, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
- Ayana Tsubaki (彩菜, born 1984), Japanese transgender TV personality
- Ayana Walker (born 1979), American basketball player
- Ayana Zholdas (born 2001), Kazakhstani freestyle skier
- Dawud Ibsa Ayana (born 1952), Ethiopian political figure and militant
See also
edit- Ayanna, a given name
References
edit- ^ https://www.momjunction.com/baby-names/ayana/
- ^ https://www.momjunction.com/baby-names/ayana/
- ^ Kandimba, Aristóteles (2023). The Book of Names from Angola: A collection of 1,000 Angolan names of Bantu Origins. Ntu&Eu Society. p. 31. ISBN 979-8857554524.
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