Ganna
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ganna is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country, where it is the 5th most common given name. In English, recorded as A plant formerly used to provide alkaline ashes for soap-making, Salsola aphylla.
- SESweden1 in 34as Anna(measured from records)
- PLPoland1 in 36as Anna
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 36as Ana
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ganna itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- #9 (measured from records)
- 9 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 622 (measured from records)
- 1 in 34 (inferred from the name graph)
3,948,650 named Ana, 2022
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Sweden, as Anna
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Anna in US United States, PL Poland, SE Sweden and 1 more, Ana in BR Brazil, SV El Salvador, PT Portugal, Анна in RU Russia and Ганна in UA Ukraine.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Ganna, daughter of Great Prince Kgidimina. 1320.
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
Attested across 32 languages in the etymology graph.
How Ganna is read(measured from records)
Ganna is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Arabic28%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Ganna in Arabic.
- English14%
A plant formerly used to provide alkaline ashes for soap-making, Salsola aphylla.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Ukrainian11%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Ganna in Ukrainian.
- Hindi8.1%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Ganna in Hindi.
- Russian7.9%
Ganna, daughter of Great Prince Kgidimina. 1320.
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ganna counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #5 | 3,948,650as Ana | 1 in 54 | 3.9M | Ana | 287 |
| RU Russia | #15 | ≈2,500,000 est. | ≈1 in 56 | #5 | Анна | 302 |
| PL Poland | #1 | 1,063,756as Anna | 1 in 36 | 1.1M | Anna | 282 |
| UA Ukraine | #10 | ≈910,000 est. | ≈1 in 48 | listed | Ганна | 162 |
| US United States | #75 | 512,954as Anna | 1 in 648 | 512K | Anna | 622 |
| SE Sweden | #2 | 302,994as Anna | 1 in 34 | 303K | Anna | 212 |
| CZ Czechia | #15 | 269,638as Anna | 1 in 40 | 270K | Anna | 170 |
| PT Portugal | #2 | ≈240,000 est. | ≈1 in 42 | 622 | Ana | 240 |
| SV El Salvador | #10 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 36 | — | Ana | 108 |
3,948,650 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); MVČR — living population register 2017; IRN — Nomes próprios mais frequentes (2017–2023). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ganna is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, oriundo de Valganna ou da localidade de Ganna; de ganda, ‘deslizamento’
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In German, from OHG gan 'magic'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Italian, Cognome dell’alta Lombardia, comune anche a Milano, formato dal toponimo Ganna e Valganna (VA).
as a nameDizionario dei cognomi italiani
In cim, quarry
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hanna Reitschb. 1912DEnot in their usual nameGerman aviator (1912–1979)
- Hanna Hermanb. 1959UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian politician
- Hanna Malyarb. 1978UAnot in their usual nameLawyer, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine
- Hanna Batsiushkab. 1981BYnot in their usual nameBelarusian weightlifter
- Hanna Hopkob. 1982UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian politician
- Maruvb. 1991UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian singer
- Hanna Pysmenskab. 1991UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian diver
- Hanna Huskovab. 1992BYnot in their usual nameBelarusian freestyle skier
- Ganna Poznikhirenkob. 1994UAtennis player
- Hanna Öbergb. 1995SEnot in their usual nameSwedish biathlete
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 49 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Ganna come from?
- Ganna, daughter of Great Prince Kgidimina. 1320. Recorded by A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996).
- What does the name Ganna mean?
- In English, A plant formerly used to provide alkaline ashes for soap-making, Salsola aphylla.
- Is Ganna a male or female name?
- Ganna is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Ganna?
- In the etymology graph, Ann, Anna and Anne are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Ganna have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 3.9 million people named Ana, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Ganna most common?
- No national register we hold counts the spelling Ganna itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Sweden's: the national register counts about 1 in 34 people named Anna.
- How common is the name Ganna?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 3,948,650 people named Ana in 2022, about 1 in 54 residents.
- How common is Ganna compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Ganna is the 5th most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ganna” — the 5th most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.