Ayana (name)
Introduction '''Ayana''' is a name known in several unrelated languages around the world, such as Japanese, Turkic and Oromo.
Japanese  is a feminine Japanese given name which can be written using different kanji with different meanings:* 彩菜, "colorful, greens"* 彩那, "colorful, what"* 彩名, "colorful, name"* 綾奈, "design, what"* 朱菜, "vermilion, greens"The name can also be written in either hiragana or katakana.
People * , Japanese singer-songwriter* Ayana Holloway Arce, American physicist* Ayana V. Jackson (born 1977), American photographer and filmmaker* Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, American marine biologist* Ayana Jordan, American addiction psychiatrist* , Japanese freestyle skier* , Japanese actress* , Japanese-Indonesian singer* Ayana Siriwardhana (born 1999), Sri Lankan cricketer* , Japanese voice actress* , Japanese transgender TV personality* Ayana Walker (born 1979), American basketball player* Ayana Zholdas (born 2001), Kazakhstani freestyle skier* Dawud Ibsa Ayana (born 1952), Ethiopian political figure and militant
See also * Ayanna, a given name