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 [ syll. gian-na, gi-a-nna ] The girl name Gianna is pronounced JH-AAN-ah KEY. Gianna's language of origin is Hebrew and it is used mainly in the Italian language. Variant forms of the name include the Italian names Gian, Giann, Giannetta, and Giannina. In addition, Gianna is a variant form of the English Jane in the Italian language. Gianna is also a short form of the Italian Giovanna. Other forms of Gianna include the Italian short form Gia and the Italian variant spelling Giana. Gianna is popular as a baby name for girls, and it is also considered trendy. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1980s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.176% of baby girls being given the name Gianna. Its ranking then was #86. Among all girl names in its group, Gianna was the most popular in 2008. Gianna was used 4 times more than the 2nd ranked name, the English Jane, in that year. Baby names that sound like Gianna include the English Jahna, the English and Slavic Johna, the Scandinavian, English, and Hebrew Jona, the Scandinavian Jóna, the English Geanna, the English Gemine, the German and Italian Gemma, the English Gena, the English Genie, the English Genna, the English Genni, the English Gennie, the English Genny, the Italian Gian, the English, Italian, Scandinavian, Russian, Spanish, and German Gina, the English Ginah, the English Gini, the English and Spanish Ginia, the English Ginie, and the English Ginney. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Gianna: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
