Given name & surname
Biana
“a shining, fair-skinned woman”
Biana is a variant of Bianca. One Italian interpretation is “a shining, fair-skinned woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Biana is a variant of Bianca. One Italian interpretation is “a shining, fair-skinned woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Biana is a variant of Bianca. An origin associated with Bianca is Italian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Biana is a variant of Bianca. The history of Bianca gives this family its wider story. Shakespeare used Bianca in two Italian settings: she is Katharina’s sister in The Taming of the Shrew and another character in Othello. These literary associations sit alongside the name’s straightforward Italian word origin.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Biana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 211
- 0 boys · 211 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 429 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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