MEANING & HISTORY
What does Sienna mean?
Sienna is an English colour and pigment word used as a personal name. The word ultimately refers to Siena in Italy, associated with the coloured earth.
Orange-red or reddish brown describes the pigment family, while the place name explains its history. The extra n is part of the English colour spelling, not another name root.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From the colour sienna.
A female given name from English of modern usage.
Wiktionary: Sienna (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Sienna
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Sienna Olaso
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Sienna Stevens
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Sienna Olaso, Sienna Stevens
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Sienna in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Sienna
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Gianna♀God is gracious; Giovanna or Ioanna form
- Inna♀Russian and Ukrainian form of an early saint’s name
- Sierra♀Mountain range, from Spanish
- Simeona♀Feminine Simeon; a hearing-related Hebrew family
- Sinta·Beloved
- Wenna♀Shortened Rowena
- Anna♀Grace or favour
- Ayanna♀Name listed as beautiful flower in a 1970 collection
What rhymes with Sienna?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Sienna further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q12000304 — Sienna (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Sienna Olaso (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q12000304 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Sienna Stevens (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q12000304 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Sienna (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Sienna (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: sienna (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.