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Siena

Siena: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“from Siena”
Origin
Italian
Say it
see-EN-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Siena is taken from the name of the Tuscan city Siena and is used as a given name in Italian and English. As a name, it is primarily place-based rather than derived from a personal-name root.

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How popular is Siena?

2024140 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 Siena in 2024467

2024 rank#630 girls

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 188010,590

Siena has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Siena

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Miamine; also Maria diminutive · Italian
  • IsabellaGod is my oath · Italian
  • GiannaGod is gracious · Italian
  • Ariaair; melody · Italian
  • Bellabeautiful · Italian
  • Siennafrom Siena · Italian
  • Ariannamost holy · Italian
  • Gemmagem, jewel · Italian

Siena questions

What does the name Siena mean?

Siena means "from Siena". It comes from Italian. Siena is taken from the name of the Tuscan city Siena and is used as a given name in Italian and English. As a name, it is primarily place-based rather than derived from a personal-name root.

Is Siena a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Siena?

467 US babies were named Siena in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Siena?

Siena is usually pronounced see-EN-uh.

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.