| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese, Turkic, Oromo |
| Meaning | Different meanings depending on the kanji used |
Ayana is a name known in several unrelated languages around the world, such as Japanese, Turkic and Oromo.
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.
People
- 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
- Ayanna, a given name
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