Fun Facts About the Name Aidana
- 132 babies named Aidana: U.S. records list 132 babies given the name Aidana from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aidana Mean?
Aidana is a feminine name of Turkic origin, used mainly in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. It is most often explained as a compound of ай (ay), the Turkic word for "moon," and дана (dana), a word meaning "wise" or "learned" that entered Turkic from Persian dānā. Read this way, the name carries the sense of "wise moon" or "moon wisdom." The second element is not documented with total certainty, and some accounts treat the name simply as a poetic moon image rather than a strict two-part compound. Aidana is separate from the Turkish name Aydan, which is formed from ay plus the ablative suffix -dan and means roughly "from the moon."
Aidana Name History & Origins
Aidana belongs to a wide Turkic naming tradition in which the moon, ай (ay), is a standard element of personal names. Kazakh and Kyrgyz names such as Aigul, Aizhan, and Aisulu use the same word, usually to suggest beauty or brightness. Aidana follows this pattern, joining ay to a second, descriptive component. The name circulates chiefly in the Turkic-speaking regions of Central Asia, where nomadic Kazakh and Kyrgyz naming customs met Persian and Islamic literary influence, which is how a Persian word for "wise" became a common naming element. The spelling Aydana also appears, and the name is found in Turkey and among Turkic communities farther west, where it is easily confused with the distinct Turkish name Aydan.
How Popular is the Name Aidana?
Aidana has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2016. Its best rank was #6,911 in 2016.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,878 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #7,233 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #6,927 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2022 | #6,987 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #13,528 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #11,126 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #12,493 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #10,715 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #6,911 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #7,278 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2014 | #9,539 | 11 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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