# Yana

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈjɑː.nə/ · frequency rank #55,198

## Definitions
1. A female given name from the Slavic languages. A romanization of the Bulgarian or Russian or Ukrainian name Я́на (Jána).
2. A river in Sakha (Yakutia), Russia that rises near Verkhoyansk and flows into the Yana Bay of the Laptev Sea.

## Etymology
Cognate to English Jane, ultimately from Hebrew, feminine form of Ioannes ( =John).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/yana