Given name
Nunzia
“one who makes announcements; a messenger”
In Italian use, Nunzia is used as a shortened form of Annunziata.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “one who makes announcements; a messenger.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
In Italian use, Nunzia is used as a shortened form of Annunziata.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nunzia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 5 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 1971. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 192 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.
Nunzia’s family of names
Nunzia is a short form of Annunziata. Nunzia has a masculine form in Nunzio. Nunzia has a related form in Nunziata.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Nunziatavariant
- Annunziatafull form
- Nunziatynavariant
- Nunziateenavariant
- Nunziatinavariant
- Nunceavariant
- Nunciavariant
- Nunciatavariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nunzia
- Nunzia De GirolamoItalian politicianborn 1975
- Nunzia CatalfoItalian politicianborn 1967
- Nunziata SerradimigniItalian basketball player (born 1960)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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