Tana

Where Tana comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Tana.

  • Vowel-ended
Tana through the years
  1. 1924
    First appearance
    #4,002 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1962
    Peak, #650
    241 babies named Tana, the most in any year.
  3. 1973
    Tana French born
    American-Irish writer and theatrical actress
  4. 1984
    Tana Adelana born
    Nigerian actress, producer, model, TV presenter and entrepreneur
  5. 1990
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,397.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, Alternative form of Tanya.
Namesakes
  • Tana French · American-Irish writer and theatrical actress, born 1973
  • Tana Adelana · Nigerian actress, producer, model, TV presenter and entrepreneur, born 1984
  • Tana Mongeau · American Internet personality, born 1998
  • Tana Kaleya · Polish born photographer, 1939–2016
  • Tana Chanabut · Thai footballer, born 1984

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.