Aitana
Meaning
“Spanish place name (Sierra de Aitana mountain, Alicante); popularly said to mean 'glory', though disputed”
Famously borne by Ballon d'Or winner Aitana Bonmatí.
The story
Aitana is a mountain before it is a name: the Sierra de Aitana above Alicante, and our meaning records keep the honest note that the popular gloss of glory is folk etymology, not philology. The name's modern life began as an act of homesick love, a Spanish poet in exile naming his daughter for the last peak of home he saw from the ship; Spain has loved it since, and lately loves it doubly, with a chart-topping singer and a world-best midfielder both wearing it. The American record is young and steep: about 120 in the 2000s, 2,700 in the 2010s, and already 6,900 so far this decade, two and a half times the full 2010s. One figure is absolute: not one recorded boy, 9,800 girls to zero. A mountain, an exile, a song and a midfield: the name arrives carrying all of Spain's twenty-first century at once.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Aitana peaked in the 2020s.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
143 people · the #32,124 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 25
Among people named Aitana living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 25 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Aitana
Most people given the name Aitana in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Aitana deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Aitana truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Aitana fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Aitana travels
Castilian · A documented choice in Spain's Castilian naming tradition.
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