The genus name Yania may refer to:

  • Animalia:
    • Yania Roewer, 1916 (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cranaidae)
    • Yania Huang, 1997, junior homonym = synonym of Idmon de Nicéville, 1895 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)
  • Bacteria:
    • Yania Li et al., 2004, junior homonym = replaced by Yaniella Li et al., 2008 (Actinobacteriota, Micrococcaceae)
  • Protozoa:
    • Yania Baranov & Al'khovik, 2007 (Mycetozoa, Reticulariidae)