The baby name Yegana is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced YEH-GAH-nah; IPA: /jeˈɡɑnɑ/.
Yegana is Persian in Origin.
The baby name Yegana is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced YEH-GAH-nah; IPA: /jeˈɡɑnɑ/.
Yegana is Persian in Origin.
Yegana is a feminine given name of Persian origin, derived from yegāneh, itself built on yek “one” with the adjectival suffix -āneh, conveying the sense of “unique, the only one; incomparable.” Through Persian–Turkic contact it entered Azerbaijani as Yeganə and Ottoman/Turkish as Yegâne, and it remains familiar across Azerbaijan and Iran. In Latin-script and diaspora use it appears as Yegana, Yeganeh, or Yegane; Russian-influenced spellings often preserve the initial Ye-.
As a lexical item, yegāneh is frequent in classical Persian and Ottoman literature to praise a beloved’s singularity, and the name gained broader personal usage in the 19th–20th centuries, especially in the Caucasus. Parents choose it to signal that a daughter is “one of a kind” or a cherished only child. Variants and forms include Yeganə (Azerbaijani), Yegâne (Turkish), Yeganeh/Yegane (Persian), and Yegana (international); related names with similar meaning include Yekta in Persian and Turkish.
Yegana is seldom given. In all, it turns up just 52 times, across 10 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 0 | #42 | 2 | 706 | |
| AZ | Girls | 0 | #54 | 21 | 1,051 |
| KZ | 0 | #94 | 1 | 1,452 | |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #274 | 1 | 3,535 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #487 | 12 | 11,913 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #644 | 2 | 11,648 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| TR | 0 | #1,246 | 9 | 19,440 |
Yegana is popular in 10 countries — most recent births per country:
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