Kiana

Where Kiana comes from

Borrowed from Hawaiian Kiana, itself from English Diana. Also used as a modern feminine form of Kian.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kiana
  • Hawaiian
  • Vowel-ended
Kiana through the years
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #6,578 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1992
    Kiana Madeira born
    Canadian actress
  3. 1996
    Peak, #190
    1,585 babies named Kiana, the most in any year.
  4. 1997
    Kiana Ledé born
    American singer and actress
  5. 2007
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #435.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hawaiian, of 1970s and later American usage.
Namesakes
  • Kiana Madeira · Canadian actress, born 1992
  • Kiana Ledé · American singer and actress, born 1997
  • Kiana Tom · American television host, fitness expert, author, actress, and businesswoman, born 1965
  • Kiana Firouz · Iranian activist, born 1983
  • Kiana Palacios · American–Mexican association football player, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.