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Giana - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Giana

[ syll. gia-na, gi-ana ] The girl name Giana is pronounced JHiyAENah KEY. Giana is of various origins and it is predominantly used in Italian. Giana is a spelling variant of the Italian Gianna.

Giana is a fairly popular baby name for girls, and it is also regarded as rather trendy. The name has been growing in popularity since the 2000s; prior to that, it was of only very modest use. Its usage peaked recently in 2008 with 0.023% of baby girls being named Giana. Its ranking then was #633. In 2008, among the group of girl names directly related to Giana, the Italian Gianna was the most frequently used. Its use outnumbered Giana's by 8 times in that year.

Baby names that sound like Giana include the English Gemini, the German Genia, the Italian Giacoma, the Italian Gianina, the Italian Giannina, the Spanish Jacinna, the English Jacqueena, the English Jacquena, the English Jamea, the English Jamee, the English Jamia, the Arabic and English Jamillah, the Hungarian Jamina, the English Jamya, the English Janea, the English, German, Polish, Finnish, Lithuanian, and Scandinavian Janina, the English Janiya, the English Janyll, the English Jasamine, and the Dutch Jasmijn.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Giana: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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