Sienna

Sienna meaning

Sienna is an international girl's name of Italian origin (place name).

Sienna, an earth pigment named after Siena in Italy

Also used to mean: reddish-brown, from Siena

Sienna is the name of an earth pigment, a warm brownish-ochre that turns reddish-brown when roasted ("burnt sienna"). The Online Etymology Dictionary dates it in English to about 1760, from Italian terra di Sienna, "earth of Siena", the Tuscan city where the colouring earth was first dug; it is used in both oil and watercolour painting. Siena's own name probably comes from the Senones, a Gaulish people who settled there in ancient times. As a girl's name Sienna suggests warm colour and Italian art. It is said see-EN-uh and suits Indian surnames.

Source: Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com) · entry sienna · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Online Etymology Dictionary, sienna · Online Etymology Dictionary, Siena

Famous namesakes

• Sienna Miller, English actress

Popularity abroad

• #94 United States, girls 2025 (up 45 from 139 in 2024)
  US Social Security Administration
• #15 England and Wales, girls 2025
  Office for National Statistics

Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.

Spellings

Sienna · Siena · Ciena

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