Given name & surname
Signa
“a distinguishing sign”
Signa is a variant of Signia. One Latin interpretation is “a distinguishing sign.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Signa is a variant of Signia. One Latin interpretation is “a distinguishing sign.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Signa is a variant of Signia. An origin associated with Signia is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Signa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 411
- 0 boys · 411 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 14 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 6 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 187 as a first name in 2020; 177 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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