The baby name Dovana is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced doh-VAH-nah (IPA: /dɔˈvɐna/).
Dovana is Lithuanian in Origin.
The baby name Dovana is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced doh-VAH-nah (IPA: /dɔˈvɐna/).
Dovana is Lithuanian in Origin.
Rooted in Lithuanian, Dovana is a feminine given name taken directly from the common noun dovana, “gift” or “present” (compare the verb dovanoti, “to bestow”). As a modern word-name, it gained quiet use in late 20th- and early 21st-century Lithuania and among diaspora families, appealing for its clear, positive meaning. It is uncommon and does not appear in traditional Lithuanian name-day calendars.
Variants are mostly stylistic; the base form is standard in Lithuanian orthography. Nicknames include Dova and Vana. Close semantic or cultural relatives include Lithuanian Donata/Donatas (from Latin Donatus, “given”), Slavic Darina/Daria (“gift”), Greek-derived Doroteja/Dorothea and Theodora (“gift of God”), and Latvian Dāvana as a lexical parallel. Parents often choose Dovana to mark gratitude after a long-awaited birth or to echo festive occasions, making its sense of generosity and blessing central to its appeal.
Dovana is vanishingly rare. In all, it appears just 7 times, across 7 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PA | 0 | #138 | 1 | 3,797 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
Dovana is popular in 7 countries — most recent births per country:
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