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Gianna

[jee-AH-nah or john-ah]

Gender: F

Origin of Gianna: Italian, feminine variation of John

Meaning of Gianna: "the Lord is gracious"

Gianna's Popularity in 2011: #63

Gianna -- a Latin feminization of John -- is gaining favor outside the confines of Italian culture; Gianna is now among the Top 100 in the U.S.

Nicknames & Variations for Gianna

Giann, Giannetta, Giannina

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Saint Gianna Beretta Molla - Saint Gianna (October 4, 1922 – April 28, 1962) was an Italian pediatrician, wife and mother who is best known for refusing both an abortion and a hysterectomy when she was pregnant with her fourth child, despite knowing that continuing with the pregnancy could result in her death. She was canonized as a saint of the Catholic Church in 2004.

Gianna Jessen - recording artist and pro-life activist who is a saline abortion survivor. The abortion was carried out when the biological mother was 30 weeks (7½ months) pregnant. The abortion procedure failed, and Jessen was born alive and premature, with severe injury that resulted in physical atrophy and cerebral palsy.
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