Gianni

What Gianni means

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

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #523 vs #2,440 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Gianni?

US: Steady: #564 in 2015, #523 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3004 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 897 boys got the name (#354 that year). First in the US records in 1962.

How common

• About 1 in 2,991 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 30,215 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 NJ (0.83 per 1,000 boys), MA (0.81 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.8 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Gianni is #523 in the US and #2440 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 77.7% of US babies named Gianni were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Gionni49 US
• Jionni33 US
• Jianni28 US
• Giano17 US
• Gianno9 US
• Gianny8 US
• Geonni6 US

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 Gianni

Boys

• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Holden#297Editor’s note Steady in the US: #291 in 2015 and #297 in 2025
• Ares#290Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #722 in 2015, #290 in 2025
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Crew#256“weir”^*

For a sister

• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*
• Adalynn#184Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025
• Elliana#139Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #301 in 2015, #139 in 2025

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 Gianni’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.