# Vanna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vanna/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “god is gracious” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Devanna, De-vanna, Divanna, Di-vanna |
| US babies named this | 2,068 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 59 / 2,009 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Slavic Vanna, from Ivana (Ѝвана) and Ivanna (Ива́нна), ultimately from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, and Sinead.

## What it means

Vanna is grouped under grace.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 4,236 |
| 2012 | 35 | 4,288 |
| 2013 | 38 | 3,998 |
| 2014 | 35 | 4,261 |
| 2015 | 51 | 3,253 |
| 2016 | 51 | 3,225 |
| 2017 | 70 | 2,543 |
| 2018 | 51 | 3,199 |
| 2019 | 48 | 3,332 |
| 2020 | 47 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 43 | 3,610 |
| 2022 | 47 | 3,412 |
| 2023 | 43 | 3,638 |
| 2024 | 40 | 3,814 |
| 2025 | 58 | 2,930 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 6 | 6,351 |
| 1985 | 7 | 5,748 |
| 1986 | 11 | 4,118 |
| 1987 | 14 | 3,510 |
| 1988 | 6 | 7,228 |
| 1989 | 9 | 5,584 |
| 1991 | 6 | 8,194 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## People named Vanna

- Vanna White, American television personality (born 1957)
- Vanna Bardot, American pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.