Fun Facts About the Name Giannina
- 531 babies named Giannina: U.S. records list 531 babies given the name Giannina from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Giannina Mean?
Giannina is an Italian feminine name meaning "God is gracious." It is a diminutive of the Italian name Gianna, formed with the suffix -ina, which in Italian commonly marks a smaller or affectionate form. Gianna is in turn a shortened form of Giovanna, the Italian feminine equivalent of John. That name goes back through Latin Ioannes and Greek Ioannes to the Hebrew Yochanan, built from yo, a shortened form of the divine name, and hanan, "to be gracious." The literal sense is "Yahweh is gracious," which is customarily rendered in English as "God is gracious."
Giannina Name History & Origins
Giannina belongs to the Italian family of names built on Giovanni, the Italian form of John. Giovanna was a common feminine name in Italy, supported by the veneration of Saint Joanna and by the central place of John the Baptist in Italian religious life. From Giovanna came the familiar short form Gianna, and from Gianna the further diminutive Giannina. The -ina ending works the same way in other Italian personal names, as in Rosina from Rosa or Nicolina from Nicola.
The name is used in Italy and in the Italian-speaking parts of Switzerland. It also appears in countries that received large numbers of Italian emigrants, notably Argentina, where Italian given names became common in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Among modern bearers is the Puerto Rican writer Giannina Braschi.
How Popular is the Name Giannina?
Giannina 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 #3,494 in 2022.
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 | #5,019 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 2024 | #3,588 | 43 | 0.0027% |
| 2023 | #4,492 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2022 | #3,494 | 45 | 0.0027% |
| 2021 | #4,353 | 32 | 0.0020% |
| 2020 | #5,069 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2019 | #16,371 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #14,734 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #11,212 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #17,435 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #12,392 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #12,617 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #12,699 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #11,805 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #9,688 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #11,968 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #10,143 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #15,137 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #9,921 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #13,251 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #12,999 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #7,956 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1996 | #5,136 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1995 | #9,022 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #8,350 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #10,975 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #7,698 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #6,357 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #6,595 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #11,314 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #7,923 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #6,053 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1986 | #6,309 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #4,183 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1984 | #4,800 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1983 | #4,741 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1982 | #9,605 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #8,412 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #9,480 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #7,133 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #6,041 | 6 | 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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