Annunziata
Annunziata is the Italian word for the Annunciation. It is generally understood to refer to the young Mary, mother of Jesus, receiving the word of the Angel Gabriel that she is to bear the Christ child. It is a common theme for reverence in Roman Catholicism. In Catholic families where all the children are girls it is sometimes given to a new child in the hope that the next born will be a boy.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Annunziata
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Annunziata is the Italian word for the Annunciation. It is generally understood to refer to the young Mary, mother of Jesus, receiving the word of the Angel Gabriel that she is to bear the Christ child. It is a common theme for reverence in Roman Catholicism. In Catholic families where all the children are girls it is sometimes given to a new child in the hope that the next born will be a boy.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Annunziata
American parents first put Annunziata on the record books as a baby girl name in 1914, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1914, when 7 Annunziatas were born — ranking #2,876 that year. About 48% of every Annunziata on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Annunziata last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 40 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Annunziata
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Annunziata. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Annunciata
- Nunzia
- Nunziatina
Names that sound like Annunziata
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- Annunziato
- Annunciata
- Nunziata
- Annunciate
- Nunziato
- Annunciator
- Amanita
- Enunciate
- Annunciating
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About the name Annunziata
Annunziata is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 40 births in the dataset. Annunziata's peak popularity came in 1914 when it ranked #2,876. Use the chart and map above to compare Annunziata's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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