Given name & surname
Gianny
“God is gracious”
Gianny is a variant of Gian. In Italian use, Gian carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gianny is a variant of Gian. In Italian use, Gian carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gianny through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 495
- 233 boys · 262 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #9,190 for boys · #12,346 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,190 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 2012. It also appeared in 7 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 502 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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