The first name Vanna
A girl’s name meaning “god is gracious”.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Vanna means “god is gracious”.
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.
More names that mean grace.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Vanna last appeared in the official list in 2023, given to 3 girls.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Vanna with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Vanna at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 58 girls born in the United States were named Vanna, the 2,930th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1986, when 111 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Nicknames and spellings
Other spellings and forms
- Devanna
- De-vanna
- Divanna
- Di-vanna
Famous people named Vanna
2 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Vanna WhiteAmerican television personality (born 1957)
- Vanna BardotAmerican pornographic actress, born 1999
Questions
- What does the name Vanna mean?
- Vanna means “god is gracious”.
- How popular is the name Vanna?
- In 2023, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Vanna, ranking 5,687th.
- Is Vanna a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 97% of the 2,068 US babies named Vanna since 1880 were girls.
- When was Vanna most popular?
- 1986 in the United States, when 111 babies were named Vanna, its highest rank at 1,240th.
- What are other spellings of Vanna?
- Devanna, De-vanna, Divanna and Di-vanna.