Nanana

Nanana is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Nara.

What Nanana means

Nara.

Nanana 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 Nanana 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.

Nanana is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.

How popular is Nanana?

You will not find Nanana in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.

Names like Nanana

These share Nanana's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

  • Nanami — Seven seas.
  • Akari — Light, brightness.
  • Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
  • Emi — Beautiful blessing; smile.
  • Hana — Flower, blossom.
  • Haruka — Distant; spring.
  • Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
  • Hina — Sun, light.
  • Hoshi — Star.
  • Kaede — Maple leaf.
  • Kiku — Chrysanthemum.
  • Megumi — Blessing, grace.

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