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Ayana (name)

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Ayana
GenderFemale (generally)
Unisex (Kongo)
Origin
Word/nameJapanese, Kikongo, Oromo, Turkic, Hebrew, Amharic
MeaningVaries by culture

Ayana is a name known in several unrelated languages around the world, including Amharic, Hebrew, Japanese, Kikongo, Oromo, and Turkic.

Amharic

In Ethiopian culture, the name Ayana means beautiful flower in Amharic.

Hebrew

The Hebrew name Ayana is a variant of Maayan, meaning fountain or spring.

Japanese

Ayana (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

Ayana (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.

People

See also

References

  1. https://www.momjunction.com/baby-names/ayana/
  2. https://www.momjunction.com/baby-names/ayana/
  3. 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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