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Jaquana

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Pronounced juh-KWAH-nuh /dʒəˈkwɑ.nə/Medium

Meaning: Jaquana is a coined African-American name pairing a Ja- opening with a -quana ending, in the inventive naming style of the late twentieth century. It has no older etymology and was assembled for its rolling, musical sound.Low

In 30 seconds: Jaquana is a coined African-American name from a Ja- start and a -quana ending. It was a brief, invented choice of the mid-nineties, prized for its rhythm rather than any older meaning.
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Origin LowEnglish (African-American coinage)
MeaningJaquana is a coined African-American name pairing a Ja- opening with a -quana ending, in the inventive naming style of the late twentieth century. It has no older etymology and was assembled for its rolling, musical sound.
U.S. rank (2005)#17577 ↘ Falling
2005 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1995
Total births (all-time)≈ 399

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 199519782005

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Jaquana is a modern African-American coinage, joining the fashionable Ja- opening to a soft -quana ending. It belongs to the same creative current that produced Laquana and Shaquana, and its meaning lives entirely in its sound.

It appeared only briefly and modestly, no more than a few dozen girls a year around 1995, and belongs to that one inventive generation. Sisters and cousins might have carried its close rhyming cousins.

Did you know? Jaquana sits in a whole rhyming set - Laquana, Shaquana, Jaquanda - that African-American parents spun from a shared -quana sound in the eighties and nineties.
Overall data confidence 50%
References - -quana coinages — African-American invented name

Variations

JaquannaJaquandaJakwana

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If you like Jaquana…

Laquana— a rhyming -quana coinage of the same era
Shaquana— a sister coinage sharing the -quana ending
Jaquan— a related Ja- name of the same moment
Latoya— a widely known African-American coinage of the period

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Jaquana mean?

Jaquana is a coined African-American name from a Ja- opening and a -quana ending; its meaning is in its sound.

How do you pronounce Jaquana?

It's said juh-KWAH-nuh /dʒəˈkwɑ.nə/.

Is Jaquana a boy or girl name?

Jaquana is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Jaquana?

Jaquana was always uncommon, a brief creative name among African-American families in the mid-nineties.

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