Entry № 354 · Inuit origin

Akna Akna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AHK-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Inuit
Meaning
"Mother (goddess of fertility)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Inuit)

A name that means "mother (goddess of fertility)".

Akna has parallel meanings across traditions. In Inuit mythology, Akna is the goddess of fertility and childbirth. In Mayan tradition, Akna is also a mother goddess.

Akna is rare but distinctive.

Mother goddess. The Inuit-Mayan convergence.

The name in its native script.

Akna
Transliteration
Akna
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑːk.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Akna stands.

Akna does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Aknas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Akna
Inuit and Mayan mother goddess.
Indigenous mythologies

Names connected to Akna.

The number behind Akna.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Akna reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.