Giannina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jah-NEE-nuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Giannina is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Giannina mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Gianina; Italian pet form of Gianna (Giovanna)
“God is gracious”
Pet form of Gianna, the Italian short form of Giovanna, the equivalent of Joanna.
Meaning borrowed from Gianina.
Is Giannina a girl's or a boy's name?
Giannina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Giannina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 233% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Giannina, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
2025 had fewer girls named Giannina than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Giannina in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 girls in the US were given Giannina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,538, up from #4,986 for this spelling alone.
- Giannina 26
- Gianina 25
Giannina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
Nicknames for Giannina
Names like Giannina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliana, Gabriella, Ivanna, Ariella, Eliza, Isabella, Samantha, Elianna, Camila, Briella, Liora, Gia
Other spellings of Giannina
Names related to Giannina
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Giannina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/giannina, updated 20 October 2026.