Baby name
STABLE
🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 Vaiana
/vah · YAH · nah/
Meaning
“Water cave or ocean”
Of Polynesian origin, meaning 'water cave' or 'ocean'; brought to global attention by Disney's Moana (released as Vaiana in several European markets) in 2016.
Nicknames
vai
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Likely to date to the 2016-2020 Disney wave; charming but trend-dependent.
The cultural moment.
Spiked sharply in France, Italy, and Germany after the 2016 film release.