Given name & surname

Gionni

Gionni is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Gionni isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Gionni through the years

Babies since 1880
2,049
1,908 boys · 141 girls
Most popular year
2012
191 babies
2025
57
#2,655 for boys · #11,269 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−19%
Easing
Boys Girls
025507510020002025Highest share 2012Boys 29Girls 5.0
Gionni in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1991–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inPennsylvania, Ohio, Florida
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: Pennsylvania (5), Ohio (5), Florida (6).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 49 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,655 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 185 in 2012. It also appeared in 8 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,172 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.

Gionni’s family of names

In Sicilian usage, Gionni has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jean.

Walk Gionni’s family in the name graph

GionniGionnyGionnieJean

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Gionni, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Geovani

“God is gracious”

23RareEasing

>99% boys

Modern

Giovoni

13Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Ikeni

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Yoni

“dove” · “God has given”

24RareRising

>99% boys

Modern

Germari

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Kayvon

“a handsome man”

31RareRising

>99% boys

Modern

Khimani

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Gionni’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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