Oana
Fewer than two dozen women in Poland carry Oana, so most Poles will never meet one. It's Hebrew at root, meaning "god is gracious".
Oana Pronunciation
Oana is pronounced o-AH-nah (/ɔˈana/).
What Oana means
Where Oana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Oana reaches back to Hebrew, to Yohanan, which meant "God is gracious." That old phrase is the root of the name. It travelled west through Greek and Latin, and the meaning held. The same source gave the world Jan, Joanna, and Anna, and Oana keeps close to them.
For the people who carry Oana, the sense stays plain: bóg jest łaskawy, God is gracious. The grace is given, not earned. A girl named Oana on a school register sits among the other names, and hers says something old without announcing it.
The name is short and clear. What it means has not drifted since Hebrew first spoke it. Oana still means God is gracious.
How many people are named Oana
1 in 980167 women in Poland is named Oana. 23 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #9121 among female names.
Oana as a middle name
Oana is a first name for 23 women in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 79/21 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3388th, between Nothando (6) and Obianuju (6).
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#3386 Norbertyna6
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#3387 Nothando6
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#3388 Oana6
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#3389 Obianuju6
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#3390 Oceane6