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Girl · Modern American coinage
Kiana
Say it: kee-AH-nah
Meaning
Uncertain. A modern American name; links to Hawaiian or to Diana are unproven.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 24,812 babies given this name since 1962
- At its height in 1996, about 1 in 1,100 girls
- 290 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kianna, Qiana
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.