Giana

What Giana means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Giana yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 7 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Giana?

US: Steady: #884 in 2015, #920 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #5730 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2011, when 510 girls got the name (#570 that year). First in the US records in 1963.

How common

• About 1 in 5,640 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 31,660 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (0.87 per 1,000 girls), AZ (0.53 per 1,000 girls), PA (0.3 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Giana is #920 in the US and #3035 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Giana were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Gianna5,634 US · 139 E&W
• Jianna262 US · 14 E&W
• Juana185 US · 6 E&W
• Gianni164 US
• Jiana53 US · 12 E&W
• Giannah30 US · 3 E&W
• Gionna22 US
• Jaiana10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Giana

Girls

• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Sophia#5“wisdom”^*
• Lilly#252Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Sophie#55French form of Sophia, meaning “wisdom”^*
• Addison#84Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Lillian#57possibly “lily”^*

For a brother

• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Giana’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.