Given name
Ginetta
“God is gracious”
Ginetta is a variant of Gianna. In Italian use, Gianna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ginetta is a variant of Gianna. In Italian use, Gianna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ginetta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 6 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 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1959.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ginetta’s family of names
Ginetta has a related form in Gianna.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ginetta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Ginetta, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
Marita
“star of the sea” · “from the sea of bitterness”
>99% girls
Adelita
“of the nobility; serene; of good humor”
>99% girls
Gretta
“resembling a pearl”
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Anita
“a woman graced with God's favor”
>99% girls