Fun Facts About the Name Cienna
- More than 3 thousand babies named Cienna: U.S. records list 3,091 babies given the name Cienna from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Cienna Mean?
Cienna is an English feminine given name used as a variant spelling of Sienna. Its meaning comes from the Italian city of Siena and from sienna, a reddish-brown earth pigment named after that city. The place name appears in Latin as Sena, but its earlier origin is uncertain: one traditional account says it was named for Senius, a legendary son of Remus, while other explanations point to an Etruscan or Gaulish source. The pigment term comes from Italian terra di Siena, "earth of Siena," and refers to the clay color. Cienna does not have a separate etymology apart from Sienna; the initial C is an English spelling variation that keeps the same pronunciation.
Cienna Name History & Origins
Cienna is a respelling of Sienna, a name that entered English through the Tuscan city of Siena and the color term named for it. Siena began as an Etruscan settlement and later became a Roman town called Sena Iulia. In the Middle Ages it was an independent city-state and the home of Saint Catherine of Siena. The pigment called sienna was named for the earth found around Siena and passed into English from Italian, where the city is Siena and the color is terra di Siena. Sienna as a given name follows the English practice of adopting place names and color words as personal names; it is not a traditional Italian personal name. Cienna is one of several English spellings, along with Siena and Sienna. It is not the standard Italian form and has no separate recorded history in Italian. The C spelling uses English c before i for the s sound.
How Popular is the Name Cienna?
Cienna has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2006. Its best rank was #1,241 in 2006.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,598 | 131 | 0.0082% |
| 2024 | #1,922 | 103 | 0.0064% |
| 2023 | #1,865 | 107 | 0.0067% |
| 2022 | #1,921 | 104 | 0.0063% |
| 2021 | #1,711 | 121 | 0.0074% |
| 2020 | #1,850 | 105 | 0.0065% |
| 2019 | #1,851 | 109 | 0.0065% |
| 2018 | #2,133 | 89 | 0.0052% |
| 2017 | #2,010 | 98 | 0.0057% |
| 2016 | #2,464 | 74 | 0.0042% |
| 2015 | #2,281 | 82 | 0.0046% |
| 2014 | #2,273 | 82 | 0.0046% |
| 2013 | #1,943 | 102 | 0.0058% |
| 2012 | #1,906 | 105 | 0.0060% |
| 2011 | #1,930 | 103 | 0.0059% |
| 2010 | #1,978 | 101 | 0.0057% |
| 2009 | #1,761 | 124 | 0.0068% |
| 2008 | #1,456 | 162 | 0.0086% |
| 2007 | #1,389 | 173 | 0.0090% |
| 2006 | #1,241 | 194 | 0.0102% |
| 2005 | #1,520 | 136 | 0.0074% |
| 2004 | #2,596 | 64 | 0.0035% |
| 2003 | #2,503 | 65 | 0.0036% |
| 2002 | #2,289 | 71 | 0.0040% |
| 2001 | #2,115 | 78 | 0.0043% |
| 2000 | #2,128 | 76 | 0.0042% |
| 1999 | #2,538 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 1998 | #2,088 | 70 | 0.0040% |
| 1997 | #2,396 | 55 | 0.0032% |
| 1996 | #2,809 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 1995 | #3,432 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1994 | #4,145 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1993 | #7,113 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1992 | #8,206 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #8,735 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #9,436 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #9,896 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #12,182 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Cienna Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are cheerful and friendly, but are apt to have an emotional life. You like to have several lines of effort going at once. You are a good talker and promoter and seldom worry over anything. At times, you can be impatient, and impulsive. You have the ability to bring an idea to completion. You can express yourself joyously and constructively. You might be psychic, but not know it. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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