Oana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- WAH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Oana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Oana mean?
Hebrew: Romanian short form of Ioana (Joanna)
“God is gracious”
Romanian short form of Ioana, the Romanian equivalent of Joanna.
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Is Oana a girl's or a boy's name?
Oana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Oana, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2018, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Oana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
Names like Oana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa, Orla, Clara, Ava, Sara, Nova, Nora, Layla, Eden, Rosa, Eva, Eliana
Names related to Oana
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Oana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oana, updated 20 October 2026.