The feminine name Teyana emerges as a contemporary American neologism, plausibly engineered by the concatenation of the Greek-derived Tia (“aunt”) and the Hebrew Anna (“grace”), yet its diffusion is emblematic of late-20th- and early-21st-century Anglo-American naming practices. Pronounced /tiˈænə/ in American English, it gained cultural resonance through the achievements of singer and choreographer Teyana Taylor, whose career has underscored the name’s association with artistic discipline and individual expression. A longitudinal analysis of U.S. Social Security data shows that Teyana first entered the registry in the early 1980s, maintaining a niche but steady presence—oscillating between ranks 800 and 950—before registering a modest uptick in the mid-2010s, thereby illustrating its enduring technical appeal to parents seeking a distinctive yet phonetically balanced choice.
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