Gianna is a female Italian given name, a diminutive form of Giovanna. In English, it is translated as Joann, Joanne or Joanna. These names mean "God is gracious". See also " John" for the origin.

Variations

*Feminine: Giana, Gia, Giovanna *Masculine:

Gianni Gianni is an Italian name (occasionally a surname), a short form of the Italian Giovanni and a cognate of John meaning God is gracious. Gianni is the most common diminutive of Giovanni in Italian. People with this given name * Gianni Agnelli (i ...

, Giovanni

People

* Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki (born 1955), Greek businesswoman *

Gianna Maria Canale Gianna Maria Canale (12 September 1927 – 13 February 2009) was an Italian film actress. Biography Canale was born in 1927 in Reggio Calabria. In 1947, she competed in the Miss Italia beauty contest, where she was runner-up to Lucia Bo ...

(1927–2009), Italian actress *

Gianna D'Angelo Gianna D'Angelo (18 November 1929 - 27 December 2013) was an American coloratura soprano, primarily active in the 1950s and 1960s. Born Jane Angelovich in Hartford, Connecticut, she studied first at The Juilliard School in New York City with Giu ...

(1929–2013), American soprano * Gianna Galli (1935–2010), Italian soprano * Gianna Hablützel-Bürki (born 1969), Swiss fencer * Gianna Jessen (born 1977), American singer and anti-abortion activist *

Gianna Jun Jun Ji-hyun (born Wang Ji-hyun on 30 October 1981), also known by her English name Gianna Jun, is a South Korean actress and model. She has received multiple awards, including two Grand Bell Awards for Best Actress and a Daesang (Grand Prize) f ...

(Jun Ji-hyun, born 1981), South Korean actress and model * Gianna Manzini (1896–1974), Italian writer * Gianna Beretta Molla (1922–1962), Italian pediatrician and Roman Catholic saint * Gianna Nannini (born 1954), Italian singer-songwriter * Gianna Pederzini (1900–1988), Italian mezzo-soprano * Gianna Rolandi (1952–2021), American soprano * Gianna Talone (born 1957), Italian-American pharmacist and writer * Giuseppina "Gianna" Tuissi (1923–1945), Italian resistance member