Kiana

Where Kiana comes from

Borrowed from Hawaiian Kiana, itself from English Diana. Also used as a modern feminine form of Kian.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kiana
  • Hawaiian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #6,578 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1992
    Kiana Madeira born
    Canadian actress
  3. 1996
    Peak, #190
    1,585 babies named Kiana — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1997
    Kiana Ledé born
    American singer and actress
  5. 2007
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #435.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hawaiian, of 1970s and later American usage.
Namesakes
  • Kiana Madeira · Canadian actress, born 1992
  • Kiana Ledé · American singer and actress, born 1997
  • Kiana Tom · American television host, fitness expert, author, actress, and businesswoman, born 1965
  • Kiana Firouz · Iranian activist, born 1983
  • Kiana Palacios · American–Mexican association football player, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.