Baby name

STABLE GIRL · AFRICAN AMERICAN (MODERN)
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Quiana

/kee · AH · nah/


“Named after a synthetic fabric”

Variant of Qiana, taken from the name of a silky synthetic fabric that DuPont introduced in 1968 and that became fashionable in 1970s clothing. As a modern coined name it has no older or literal meaning beyond that fabric brand.

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How it ages.

A distinctive name born in the 1970s; unusual today, but easy to say and recognize.

The cultural moment.

Rare; used occasionally in African American families in the United States.