Cienna
Cienna is a red Australian wine grape variety first harvested in 2000. It is a mix between the Spanish wine grape Sumoll and Cabernet Sauvignon grape. This grape was initially created in 1972 by CSIRO. The aim was to produce high quality grapes suited for Australian conditions.
Meaning & Origin of Cienna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cienna is a red Australian wine grape variety first harvested in 2000. It is a mix between the Spanish wine grape Sumoll and Cabernet Sauvignon grape. This grape was initially created in 1972 by CSIRO. The aim was to produce high quality grapes suited for Australian conditions.
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The Story of Cienna
Cienna first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1988, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 194 Ciennas were born — ranking #1,240 that year. As of 2026, Cienna ranks #1,946 for baby girls with 102 births, holding steady (-1%). In total, more than 3K Ciennas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Cienna
Cienna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Cienna's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #1,240. Use the chart and map above to compare Cienna'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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