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'''Ayana''' is a name known in several unrelated languages around the world, such as [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] and [[Oromo language|Oromo]]. |
'''Ayana''' is a name known in several unrelated languages around the world, such as [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Kongo language|Kikongo]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] and [[Oromo language|Oromo]]. |
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The name can also be written in either hiragana or katakana. |
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Ayana (Ah-yah-nah) is a unisex [[Kongo people|Bakongo]] name that means "they protected" or "they supported" in the Kongo language. The name can be found in northwest [[Angola]], southwest [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of Congo]], and throughout the [[African diaspora in the Americas|African diaspora]] in the [[Americas]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kandimba |first=Aristóteles |title=The Book of Names from Angola: A collection of 1,000 Angolan names of Bantu Origins |publisher=Ntu&Eu Society |year=2023 |isbn=979-8857554524 |pages=31 |language=En}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:20, 19 April 2024
| Gender | Female |
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| Word/name | Japanese, Turkic, Oromo |
| Meaning | Different meanings depending on the kanji used |
Ayana is a name known in several unrelated languages around the world, such as Japanese, Kikongo, Turkic and Oromo.
Japanese
Ayana (あやな, アヤナ) is a feminine Japanese given name which can be written using different kanji with different meanings:
- 彩菜, "colorful, greens"
- 彩那, "colorful, what"
- 彩名, "colorful, name"
- 綾奈, "design, what"
- 朱菜, "vermilion, greens"
The name can also be written in either hiragana or katakana.
Kikongo
Ayana (Ah-yah-nah) is a unisex Bakongo name that means "they protected" or "they supported" in the Kongo language. The name can be found in northwest Angola, southwest Democratic Republic of Congo, and throughout the African diaspora in the Americas.[1]
People
- Ayana (彩菜), Japanese singer-songwriter
- Ayana Holloway Arce, American physicist
- Ayana V. Jackson (born 1977), American photographer and filmmaker
- Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, American marine biologist
- Ayana Jordan, American addiction psychiatrist
- Ayana Onozuka (彩那, born 1988), Japanese freestyle skier
- Ayana Sakai (彩名, born 1985), Japanese actress
- Ayana Shahab (アヤナ, born 1997), Japanese-Indonesian singer
- Ayana Siriwardhana (born 1999), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Ayana Taketatsu (彩奈, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
- Ayana Tsubaki (彩菜, born 1984), Japanese transgender TV personality
- Ayana Walker (born 1979), American basketball player
- Ayana Zholdas (born 2001), Kazakhstani freestyle skier
- Dawud Ibsa Ayana (born 1952), Ethiopian political figure and militant
See also
- Ayanna, a given name
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- ^ Kandimba, Aristóteles (2023). The Book of Names from Angola: A collection of 1,000 Angolan names of Bantu Origins. Ntu&Eu Society. p. 31. ISBN 979-8857554524.