Banana
Banana is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Nara.
What Banana means
Nara.
Banana sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Banana comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Banana is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Banana?
In the girl name rankings we track, Banana falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
Names like Banana
These share Banana's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Akari — Light, brightness.
- Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
- Biwako — Child.
- Botako — Child.
- Buraun — Cloud.
- Butako — Child.
- Emi — Beautiful blessing; smile.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Haruka — Distant; spring.
- Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
- Hina — Sun, light.
- Hoshi — Star.