Gianna, a short form of Giovanna and variant of Ioanna, is one of the many names (like Giovanni and John) to originate from the Hebrew name Yoḥanan, which is composed of the Hebrew elements yo, meaning "God," and hanan, meaning "to be gracious." Therefore, it translates to "God is gracious." Gianna first appeared in the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 for girl names in 1989 before entering the top-100 for the first time in 2006. It has now been a top-25 girl's name every year since 2020, the same year Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna Bryant, died in a tragic helicopter crash. It's also the name former Destiny's Child singer LeToya Luckett gave her daughter Gianna Iman, born in 2019.
