Gianna
Gianna is a female Italian given name, a diminutive form of Giovanna. In English, it is translated as "Jane", "Jean", "Joan", "Joanne" or "Joanna".
- Italian
- Greek
- English
Meaning & Origin of Gianna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gianna is a female Italian given name, a diminutive form of Giovanna. In English, it is translated as "Jane", "Jean", "Joan", "Joanne" or "Joanna".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Greek
- English
The Story of Gianna
Gianna first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1951, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2020: 7,899 births, good for #13 nationwide. The 2020s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 39% of all recorded Giannas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #32 among baby girl names with 5,489 births, rising sharply (+17% over the past five years). In total, more than 116K Giannas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Gianna
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Gianna. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Gianna
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- Gianna Amore (born 1968), American model and actress
- Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki (born 1955), Greek businesswoman
- Gianna Berger (born 1999), Swiss politician
- Gianna Bryant (2006–2020), American student-athlete, daughter of professional basketball player Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant
- Gianna Camacho (born 1987), Peruvian journalist and activist for trans rights
- Gianna Maria Canale (1927–2009), Italian actress
- Gianna Clemente (born 2008), American golfer
- Gianna Creighton (born 2001), American soccer player
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Names that sound like Gianna
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About the name Gianna
Gianna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1951 and has accumulated 116K births in the dataset. Gianna's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #13. Use the chart and map above to compare Gianna'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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