Dejana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAY-yah-nah
- Origin
- Slavic
Dejana is a girls' name of Slavic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dejana mean?
Slavic: South Slavic feminine form of Dejan
The feminine form of Dejan, a South Slavic name used in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and North Macedonia.
Is Dejana a girl's or a boy's name?
Dejana is a girls' name.
How popular is Dejana in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Dejana in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dejana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
Names like Dejana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Danika, Dhara, Dasha, Radhika, Anika, Dayana, Ivanka, Divisha, Divina, Ishika, Nyava, Kridha
Names related to Dejana
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dejana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dejana, updated 20 October 2026.