Gian

What Gian means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Gian yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,216 in 2015 to #955 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Gian?

US: Rising: up from #1216 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2319 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 328 boys got the name (#777 that year). First in the US records in 1953.

How common

• About 1 in 7,000 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 16,996 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CT (0.61 per 1,000 boys), FL (0.35 per 1,000 boys), NJ (0.3 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Gian is #955 in the US and #1613 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Gian were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Juan2,318 US · 25 E&W
• Jean176 US · 6 E&W
• Gino166 US · 7 E&W
• Jian22 US · 3 E&W
• Giann20 US
• Gion12 US
• Jiaan8 US
• Giaan0 US · 8 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Gian

Boys

• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Bodie#275Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #958 in 2015, #275 in 2025
• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Malakai#213Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #491 in 2015, #213 in 2025

For a sister

• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Lainey#30Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #576 in 2015, #30 in 2025
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Kaia#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #447 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Gian’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.