Gentiana
Gentiana is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the gentian family (Gentianaceae), the tribe Gentianeae, and the monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae. With over 300 species, it is considered a large genus. Gentians are notable for their mostly large trumpet-shaped flowers, which are often of an intense blue hue, though some are also bright yellow. The type species of the genus is Gentiana lutea.
- Albanian
Meaning & Origin of Gentiana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gentiana is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the gentian family (Gentianaceae), the tribe Gentianeae, and the monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae. With over 300 species, it is considered a large genus. Gentians are notable for their mostly large trumpet-shaped flowers, which are often of an intense blue hue, though some are also bright yellow. The type species of the genus is Gentiana lutea.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Albanian
The Story of Gentiana
Gentiana first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1996, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1996: 6 births, good for #11,807 nationwide. About 65% of every Gentiana on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Gentiana last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Gentiana
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Gentiana. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Gentjana
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About the name Gentiana
Gentiana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Gentiana's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #11,807. Use the chart and map above to compare Gentiana'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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