Željana
Female#535 most common in Croatia986 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Desired, longed-for
- Origin:
- Croatian (Slavic)
About the name Željana
Croatian name from 'želja' (wish, desire).
Name day and nicknames
- Name day:
- May 23
Popularity with newborns
Željana has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
986 people in Croatia are called Željana, according to the 2021 census. That is #535 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Željana is recorded in 13 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.