Names like Yuna
Yuna is a two-syllable Korean name that ends on a vowel. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same sound
Two syllables, ending the same way as Yuna.
Luna Latin · "the moon," and the Roman goddess who drove its chariot across the night sky; centuries of use in Spanish- and Italian-speaking families, then a spectacular 2010s ascent across languages. The signature name of the celestial wave
Anna Hebrew · "grace, favor," the Greek and Latin form of Hannah that spread wherever Christianity went; empresses of Russia, a prophetess in the Gospel of Luke, and centuries of quiet European use. The plainest spelling of one of the world's most shared names
Sena Korean · power and grace
Lena German · shining light (short form of Helena/Magdalena)
The same roots
Also Korean names, from the tradition Yuna comes from.
Bora Korean · purple (a native Korean color word, chosen for the same non-hanja, distinctly-Korean identity reason as Areum)
Yeji Korean · propriety and wisdom
Ye-jin Korean · beautiful truth
Yerin Korean · beautiful and delicate; a fashionable modern Korean name for second-generation daughters
The same feel
Also international and modern names.
Mia Scandinavian · mine (from Italian and Spanish), or a short form of Maria; became a standalone name in Scandinavia and is now a true crossover, at home from Milan to Mexico City
Jana Arabic · harvest of fruit; garden of paradise
Zeina Arabic · beauty, adornment
Sana Arabic · brilliance, splendor
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as Yuna, on a similar curve.
Xena Greek · invented for TV's Xena: Warrior Princess, echoing 'xenos' (stranger)
Amna Urdu · the Pakistani form of Amina, safe and secure, the name of the Prophet's mother; the clipped two-syllable spelling is so standard in Pakistan that Amna vs Amina reliably sorts South Asian families from Arab and West African ones
Yusra Arabic · ease, prosperity (from yasira, 'to be easy')
Zaina Arabic · traditionally 'beautiful, graceful'
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