Gianna

Gianna: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“God is gracious”
Origin
Italian
Say it
jee-AH-nuh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Italian feminine form of Gianni, a form of Giovanni, equivalent to Jane/Joanna in origin. It ultimately derives from Hebrew Yohanan.

How popular is Gianna?

20241,834 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Gianna in 20246,104

2024 rank#23 girls

Peak year2020

Total US babies since 1880104,698

Gianna is rising: use over the last five years is 2.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Gianna

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • GiaGod is gracious · Italian
  • GianniGod is gracious · Italian
  • GianaGod is gracious · Italian
  • JiannaGod is gracious · Italian
  • Miamine; also Maria diminutive · Italian
  • IsabellaGod is my oath · Italian
  • Ariaair; melody · Italian
  • Bellabeautiful · Italian

Gianna questions

What does the name Gianna mean?

Gianna means "God is gracious". It comes from Italian. Italian feminine form of Gianni, a form of Giovanni, equivalent to Jane/Joanna in origin. It ultimately derives from Hebrew Yohanan.

Is Gianna a boy or girl name?

Gianna is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Gianna?

6,104 US babies were named Gianna in 2024. Its peak year was 2020.

How do you pronounce Gianna?

Gianna is usually pronounced jee-AH-nuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.