Ciani
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Ciani by the numbers
Ciani was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 45 babies in 2006, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Ciani
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ciani. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Cianaancient; a form of Cian50 in the US (2017)
- Ciannigod is gracious; a form of Giovanni15 in the US (2017)
- Chanigraceful; a form of Chana or Hannah14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Chanagrace or favor306 in the US (2017)
- Ciaradark or black-haired240 in the US (2017)
- Chavigirl or child12 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Ciani
Names that are said the same way as Ciani, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Ciani
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