Given name
Marianna
“beloved”·“beloved of the god Amun”
Marianna is a feminine given name from Italian. It is used in English, Italian, Polish, Finnish, and 2 other languages.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marianna is possibly built from elements meaning “beloved” and “beloved of the god Amun”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In English use, Marianna is a variant of Marianne. An origin associated with Marianne is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marianna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18,444
- 0 boys · 18,444 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 419 babies
- 2025
- 308
- #874 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 308 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 874 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 419 in 2006. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (47). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 16,634 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.
Marianna’s family of names
In German usage, Marianna has a related form in Marianne. In Esperanto usage, Marianna has a conventional equivalent in the French form Marianne. In Italian usage, Marianna has a conventional equivalent in the English form Marian.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marianna has relatives in 15 languages.
11 related names in 15 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Marianna
- Marianna HillAmerican actressborn 1942
- Marianna MartinesAustrian singer, pianist and composer1744–1812
- Marianna Sastinwrestlerborn 1983
- Marianna KiyanovskaUkrainian poet, writer and translator (born 1973)
- Javidan HanimHungarian noble lady and second spouse of the Khedive Abbas II of Egypt (1877-1968)
- Marianna LongaItalian cross-country skierborn 1979
- Marianna NagyHungarian pair skater (1929–2011)
- Marianna CsörnyeiHungarian mathematicianborn 1975
- Marianna ToloAustralian basketball player (born 1989)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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