Gianna

Where Gianna comes from

Borrowed from Italian Gianna and Greek Γιάννα (Giánna). Doublet of Jane.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gianna
  • Italian
  • Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1951
    First appearance
    #5,414 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2020
    Peak, #13
    7,903 babies named Gianna — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Italian or Greek.
Namesakes

No widely known Gianna turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.