Indiana

in-dee-AN-ah

American place-name

"land of the Indians"

Indiana Origin and Meaning

The name Indiana is a girl's name meaning "land of the Indians".

Indiana is one of those place-names (think Camden and Trenton) that sounds cooler than the place that inspired it. Its fashionable -ana ending certainly sounds eminently name-like, and Indie/Indy/Indi is one of the hottest nickname names for girls right now.

Indiana Rank in US Top 1000

# 986 in the US

Popularity of the name Indiana

• 1708 Nameberry 2025
• 825 Unique 2022
• 293 Unisex 2023
• 821 England 2023
• 93 Australia 2021

20 Names Similar to Indiana

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• Jett
• Ray
• Andy
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• Sterling
• Indi
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• Jules
• Jay
• Novaleigh
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Famous People Named Indiana

• Indiana Rose Evans Australian singer and actress
• Indiana Massara Australian singer and actress
• Indiana Fletcher Williams founder of Sweet Briar College
• Indiana Hawke (b. 2011) daughter of actor Ethan Hawke
• Indiana Willow Didak (b. 2012) daughter of footballer Alan Didak
• Indiana Boon Feek (b. 2014) daughter of country duo Joey & Rory Feek

The name Indiana in Pop Culture

• Indiana 19th of the 50 American states
• Indiana Delmare title character in George Sand's novel Indiana (1832)
• Indiana Frusk wife of James J. Rolliver in The Custom of the Country (1913) by Edith Wharton