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Girl · Italian place name
Sienna
Say it: see-EN-uh
Meaning
From the earth pigment sienna, named after the Italian city of Siena.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A 1990s and 2000s fashion in Britain and the US.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 29,096 babies given this name since 1960
- At its height in 2007, about 1 in 926 girls
- 1,708 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Siena
Famous bearers
- Sienna Miller, English actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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