Entry № 1131 · Sanskrit origin

Ayana Ayana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-YAH-nah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Path / solstice"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "path / solstice".

Ayana is from the Sanskrit Ayanā.

Path / solstice — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

अयना

Transliteration: Ayanā
Pronunciation: / əˈjɑː.nə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Ayana stands.

Ayana does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Ayanas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Uttarayana Makar Sankranti / Sūrya Siddhānta

Sanskrit path course solstice + Uttarāyaṇa northern-course + Dakṣiṇāyana southern-course + Makar Sankranti + Bhishmas death on Uttarayana + Sūrya Siddhānta astronomical treatise

Hindu astronomy

Names connected to Ayana.

Numerology

The number behind Ayana.

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ayana reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.