Jaana

Shortened from Johanna; the feminine equivalent of Jaan.

Jaana

1. a female given name

Short form of Marjaana (“Mariana”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑːnɑ/, [ˈjɑ̝ːnɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑːnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Jaa‧na

Jaana

1. a female given name
   • 1864, Aleksis Kivi, Nummisuutarit, SKS, published 1956, act V:

     Sinäkö Jaanani, pieni enkelini? Tule ja päästä isäs kädet, että hän saa sinua halailla!

     You, my Jaana, my little angel? Come and let your father's hands hug you!

   • 2007, Leena Lehtolainen, Luonas en ollutkaan, Tammi, →ISBN, page 246:

     —Jaana. Vai niin. Alla finskor heter Jaana. Esa hymyili hämmennykselle, jonka repliikki aiheutti Jaanassa. —Se on sitaatti yhdestä lukemastani novellista, jäi mieleen. Eipä Esakaan maailman harvinaisin nimi ole.
     —Mutta nykylapset eivät ole Esoja ja Jaanoja. Tyttäreni mielestä Jaana on tätinimi. Siitä kuulee heti, että nimen kantaja on yli neljänkymmenen.

     —Jaana. I see. Alla finskor heter Jaana [Swedish: All Finnish women are named Jaana]. Esa smiled at Jaana's confusion brought on by his words. —It's a quote from a short story I read that stuck to my mind. Esa isn't a particularly rare name either.
     —But children aren't called Esa or Jaana anymore. My daughter thinks Jaana is a name for an aunt. You can tell anyone with that name must be at least forty years old.

• The most common first name of women born in Finland in 1962-64.

• Jaana is the 16^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 21,321 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,417 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.