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 [ syll. ai-ya-na, aiy-ana ] The girl name Aiyana is pronounced as -AYYAANah KEY. Aiyana is mainly used in the Swahili and English languages. It is of Native American and African-Somali origin. From Native American and African-Somali roots, its meaning is eternal bloom - in this context, Aiyana is usually used in the Swahili language. In addition, Aiyana is a variant form of the English and Somali name Ayana in the English language. Aiyana is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of sporadic use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.025% of baby girls being given the name Aiyana. It was #595 in rank then. Among all girl names in its family, Aiyana was the most popular in 2008. Aiyana was used 49% more than the next ranked name, the English and Somali Ayana, in that year. Baby names that sound like Aiyana include the Arabic Aamina, the Basque and Spanish Ainhoa, the English Allonia, the Basque and Spanish Amaia, the Hebrew Amana, the Arabic Amani, the name Amaui, the Basque and Japanese Amaya, the Arabic Ameena, the English Amiee, the Arabic Amina, the Arabic Aminah, the English Amya, the Spanish Anahi, the Greek Anemone, the Indian Anima, the Czech and Italian Anina, the English Aniya, the English Aniyah, and the Finnish Anniina. KEY: approx pronunciation for Aiyana: AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
