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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Gianni

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
God is gracious

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Gianni

Pronunciation

gi(an)-ni

More about the name

Gianni is an Italian name (occasionally a surname), a short form of the Italian Giovanni and a cognate of John, meaning God is gracious. Gianni is the most common diminutive of Giovanni in Italian.
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Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #354, 897 births); most recent 2025 (rank #523, 571 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #1008, 253 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1348, 164 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025571164
2024638192
2023691203
2022852213
2021820253
2020897242
2019683127
2018751126
2017536114
201644961

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1998 (rank #445, 47 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2437, 9 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #3969, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20259–
202413–
202313–
2022125
202112–
20207–
201912–
201814–
201711–
201612–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #134, 550 births); most recent 2023 (rank #161, 395 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023395
2022462
2021550
2020471
2019401
2018281
2017241
2016265
2015257
2014289

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2001 (rank #423, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1965 (rank #242, 7 births); most recent 1968 (rank #277, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence