Is this baby name ethnically neutral?

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Afternoon All,

Our little one has finally arrived but we are stuck on a name for her and would love your thoughts on this one

Out of curiosity, what ethnicity comes to mind when you hear the name Ayana / Ayanna.

• White
• Black
• Mixed
• Asian
• Ethnically neutral
• if other please specify

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None. It’s just an unusual name to me.

Arabic

Black African name.

I know a few. They are all from white British backgrounds.

Asian.
Id also wonder how to pronounce it.
Wouldn’t think of it as of particularly English origin

I've never heard of it so would assume non-white.

It would be pronounced Ay-yaa-nuh

I know an Aya she is Lebanese so I would think it has similar origins

Netural. I know lots of Aya's and a few Yarna's.

Just an unusual name to me. Nice name, I like it.

Ethnicity I wouldn't want to guess at, but I'd expect a Muslim family.

Never heard of it

Middle east/Arabic. Not white british.

Arab

I would assume probably not white

White or Middle Eastern comes to mind for me.

Most Arabic girl's names tend to end with the 'ah' sound.

Mahera
Leila
Aisha
Sara
Aliyah
Aquiqah
Nuha
Aaliyah
Diya
Saffia
Farah

For that reason I would go with Arabic.

Arabic

S Asian - there was a girl in DS2's class from Pakistan with this name

I think Moana so I think Polynesia (never seen the film so don't even know if that is correct in regards to Moana), but somewhere tropical and far away.

I thought Black Caribbean & African American

I'd think Ayana was not of white british heritage

Female version of Ayaan? So Asian

Italian?

Asian

Black. It was popular in the Caribbean when I was going to school