Given name & surname
Ganna
“lady of the gardens”
Ganna is a variant of Gana. One Hebrew interpretation is “lady of the gardens.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ganna is a variant of Gana. One Hebrew interpretation is “lady of the gardens.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ganna is a variant of Gana. An origin associated with Gana is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ganna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34
- 0 boys · 34 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 7 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 988 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.
Ganna’s family of names
Ganna has a related form in Gana. In Greek usage, Ganna is a transliteration of Γάννα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Giannaequivalent
- Hannahequivalent
- Annaequivalent
- Anaequivalent
- Hannaequivalent
- Annetteequivalent
- Anjaequivalent
- Anetteequivalent
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People named Ganna
- Hanna BalabanovaCanoe racerborn 1969
- Ganna Sorokinadiverborn 1976
- Ganna KalininaUkraine yacht racerborn 1979
- Hanna BurmystrovaUkrainian handball playerborn 1977
- Ganna WalskaAmerican artist1887–1984
- Ganna YudkivskaUkrainian judgeborn 1973
- Hanna Poznikhirenkotennis playerborn 1994
- Ganna GrynivaUkrainian jazz singer working in Berlinborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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