Given name & surname
Giordana
“of the down-flowing river”·“flowing down”
Giordana is a feminine form of Jordan. One interpretation is “flowing down.”
Original ItalianGiordano
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Giordana carries the interpretation “of the down-flowing river.” Giordana is a feminine form of Jordan. One interpretation is “flowing down.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
Giordana is used as a feminine counterpart of Jordan.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Giordana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 140
- 0 boys · 140 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 10 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 210 as a first name in 2020; 120 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Giordana’s family of names
Giordana is a feminine form of Jordan. In Italian usage, Giordana has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jordana. In Italian usage, Giordana has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jordan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Giordana
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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