Jaana
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Jaana är ursprungligen en finsk kortform till exempelvis Marjaana, Tatjana
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/jɑːnɑ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jaana is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country, where it is the 29th most common given name.
- FIFinland1 in 247(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 7.3K
- USUnited States1 in 1.3M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 115 (measured from records)
- 1 in 247 (inferred from the name graph)
22,557 people
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Jaana är ursprungligen en finsk kortform till exempelvis Marjaana, Tatjana. Se även → Jana.
Sources 1
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jaana counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | #29 | 22,557 | 1 in 247 | 25K | Jaana | 95 |
| SE Sweden | #484 | 1,390 | 1 in 7.3K | 1.4K | Jaana | 50 |
| EE Estonia | #185 | ≈740 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | 1K | Jaana | 50 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 210K | 1 | Jaana | 64 |
| US United States | — | 264 | 1 in 1.3M | 263 | Jaana | 115 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈53 est. | ≈1 in 159K | — | Jaana | 12 |
| NO Norway | — | ≈50 est. | ≈1 in 109K | 90 | Jaana | 10 |
22,557 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); the ee-stat-nimed register; the de-duesseldorf-vornamen register; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jaana Saarinenb. 1955FIFinnish actress
- Jaana Kapari-Jattab. 1955FIFinnish translator
- Jaana Järvinenb. 1956FIFinnish stage actor and film actor (1956-2012)
- Jaana Padrikb. 1958EEEstonian politician and journalist (born 1958)
- Jaana Tuominenb. 1960FIFinnish business executive
- Jaana Pesonenb. 1962FIFinnish actor
- Jaana Savolainenb. 1964FIformer Finnish cross-country skier
- Jaana Kunitzb. 1972FILatin dance champion and choreographer
- Jaana Pelkonenb. 1977FIFinnish television host and politician
- Jaana Sundbergb. 1983FIFinnish judoka
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 36 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 25K | #96 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 23K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1.4K | #1,357 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2000 | 1.2K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 1999 | 1.2K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2001 | 1.2K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2002 | 1.2K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2004 | 1.2K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2008 | 1.2K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2003 | 1.2K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2007 | 1.2K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2005 | 1.2K | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Jaana?
- A machine transcription gives /jɑːnɑ/ (IPA) for Finnish.
- What does the name Jaana mean?
- Recorded meaning: Jaana är ursprungligen en finsk kortform till exempelvis Marjaana, Tatjana.
- What are other forms of the name Jaana?
- In the etymology graph, Maria, Mary and Marie are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Jaana a male or female name?
- Jaana is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Jaana have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 23 thousand people named Jaana, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jaana.
- Where is Jaana most common?
- Jaana is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 247 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Jaana?
- In Finland, the national register counted 22,557 people named Jaana, about 1 in 247 residents.
- How common is Jaana compared with other names?
- In Finland, Jaana is the 29th most common given name of 19,056 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jaanaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jaana” — the 29th most common given name in Finland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.