Gianah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Gianah by the numbers

Gianah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Gianah

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 Gianah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • GianaGod is gracious; a form of Gianna or Jane314 in the US (2017)
  • Giannah25 in the US (2017)
  • GiannaGod is gracious3,188 in the US (2017)
  • Giadajade; the precious stone146 in the US (2017)
  • Giannygod is gracious; a form of Gianni19 in the US (2017)
  • GianiGod is gracious; form of Gianni14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Gianah

Names that are said the same way as Gianah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Jiannagod is gracious; a form of Joanna134 in the US (2017)
  • Jiana12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Gionna27 in the US (2017)
  • Gyanna12 in the US (2017)
  • Jiannah5 in the US (2017)
  • Jyana5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Gianah

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