Given name
Chianti
“resembling the wine”
Chianti is a variant of Chiante. One Italian interpretation is “resembling the wine.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Chianti is a variant of Chiante. One Italian interpretation is “resembling the wine.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Chianti is a variant of Chiante. An origin associated with Chiante is Italian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chianti through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 408
- 20 boys · 388 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 27 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 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 390 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.
Chianti’s family of names
Chianti has a related form in Chiante.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Appears in
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