Fun Facts About the Name Gianina
- 742 babies named Gianina: U.S. records list 742 babies given the name Gianina from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Gianina Mean?
Gianina is an Italian feminine name meaning "God is gracious." It is a diminutive of Gianna, a short form of Giovanna, the Italian equivalent of Joanna. The chain runs back through Latin Ioanna and Greek Iōanna to the Hebrew Yochanan (יוֹחָנָן), a compound name understood as "Yahweh is gracious." The Italian ending -ina is a common affectionate or diminutive suffix, so Gianina literally reads as something like "little Gianna" and carries the same underlying meaning rather than a separate one.
Gianina Name History & Origins
Gianina belongs to the family of Italian feminine names built on Giovanna. Italian speakers regularly shorten Giovanna to Gianna, and from Gianna they form diminutives with the suffix -ina, the same pattern seen in names such as Carolina from Carla or Luigina from Luigi. Gianina therefore developed as an Italian affectionate form rather than as an independent name with its own root.
The name is also established in Romania, where it is used alongside native forms like Ioana and Ionela. Its presence there reflects Italian cultural and linguistic influence in the region, though Romanian speakers treat Gianina as an ordinary given name in its own right. It is found as well in parts of Latin America and in Italian immigrant communities abroad.
The parent name Gianna is associated with Saint Gianna Beretta Molla, an Italian physician and mother canonized in 2004; Gianina itself remains a less common form of the name and has no separate historical event or figure attached to it.
How Popular is the Name Gianina?
Gianina 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 2022. Its best rank was #3,006 in 1983.
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 | #5,139 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 2024 | #5,332 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2023 | #5,814 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2022 | #4,510 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2021 | #4,759 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2020 | #5,068 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2019 | #16,370 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #14,417 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #11,003 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #11,172 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #11,211 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #17,476 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #9,289 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #11,512 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #8,406 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #9,589 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #7,868 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #11,966 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #5,434 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2005 | #7,254 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2004 | #6,587 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2003 | #5,292 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2002 | #5,528 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2001 | #6,720 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #8,774 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #6,290 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1998 | #4,696 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1997 | #10,123 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #9,887 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #9,021 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #5,093 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1993 | #7,687 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #4,285 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1991 | #6,048 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1990 | #6,239 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #7,627 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #6,005 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #5,146 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1986 | #6,307 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #5,458 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1984 | #6,449 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #3,006 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 1982 | #5,020 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1981 | #6,014 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1980 | #7,633 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #4,915 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1978 | #6,092 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #8,806 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #9,780 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #6,712 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #8,417 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #6,912 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #6,912 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1960 | #6,693 | 5 | 0.0002% |
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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