Gianni

Gianni: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“God is gracious”
Origin
Italian
Say it
jee-AH-nee · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys (82% of all uses)

Italian diminutive of Giovanni, the Italian form of John, from Hebrew Yochanan. It is widely used in Italy as a standalone given name.

How popular is Gianni?

2024249 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Gianni in 2024830

2024 rank#483 boys

Peak year2020

Total US babies since 188018,174

Gianni is rising: use over the last five years is 1.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Gianni

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • GiannaGod is gracious · Italian
  • GiovanniGod is gracious · Italian
  • GiovannaGod is gracious · Italian
  • GianGod is gracious · Italian
  • JiannaGod is gracious · Italian
  • GioGod is gracious · Italian
  • JovaniGod is gracious · Italian
  • Lucafrom Lucania · Italian

Gianni questions

What does the name Gianni mean?

Gianni means "God is gracious". It comes from Italian. Italian diminutive of Giovanni, the Italian form of John, from Hebrew Yochanan. It is widely used in Italy as a standalone given name.

Is Gianni a boy or girl name?

Gianni is mainly a boy's name in US records (82% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Gianni?

830 US babies were named Gianni in 2024. Its peak year was 2020.

How do you pronounce Gianni?

Gianni is usually pronounced jee-AH-nee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.