Given name & surname
Giona
“resembling the bird of peace”
Giona is used as a given name and a surname. One Italian interpretation is “resembling the bird of peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “resembling the bird of peace.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
Giona is used as a form of John.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Giona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 59
- 0 boys · 59 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 9 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Giona’s family of names
Giona is a form of John. In German usage, Giona has a related form in Johanna. In Italian usage, Giona has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jonah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Giona has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Johannavariant · German
- Gionnavariant
- Gionvariant
- Gionevariant
- Gyonnahvariant
- Gyonahvariant
- Gionnahvariant
- Gyonnavariant
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Giona
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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