Meaning of the nameGian

Gian is a male name of Italian origin, a short form of Giovanni, which goes back to Hebrew Yohanan, 'Yahweh is gracious'.

Meaning

“Yahweh is gracious (short form of Giovanni, the Italian equivalent of John)”

Source: Wiktionary: Gian · Behind the Name: Giovanni · Behind the Name: John

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People (2022): 8,962
Rank in Brazil: #1,850
Median age: 25 years
2010 Census: 8,903; people

Gian in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gian, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (3,306 people).

102 women 8,860 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Gian is most common

States with the highest share of people named Gian in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,159	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,756	0.016%
Santa Catarina	1,098	0.014%
Paraná	960	0.008%
Minas Gerais	823	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	409	0.003%
Bahia	252	0.002%
Pernambuco	165	0.002%
Pará	142	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	141	0.005%
Mato Grosso	133	0.004%
Maranhão	126	0.002%
Goiás	95	0.001%
Paraíba	90	0.002%
Espírito Santo	87	0.002%
Ceará	82	0.001%
Alagoas	80	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	73	0.002%
Amazonas	62	0.002%
Distrito Federal	51	0.002%
Piauí	45	0.001%
Rondônia	37	0.002%
Sergipe	35	0.002%
Tocantins	22	0.002%
Amapá	22	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Gian

In Italian, Gian is a contraction of Giovan, an abbreviated form of Giovanni, and appears in compound names such as Gianluca and Gianmarco. Behind the Name lists Gian among the diminutives of Giovanni, the Italian form of Latin Iohannes; this comes from Hebrew Yohanan, "Yahweh is gracious", a name that appears in the Bible. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,962 people named Gian, almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Wiktionary: Gian · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Giovanni · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: John · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Gian · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Gian

What does the name Gian mean?

Gian means “Yahweh is gracious (short form of Giovanni, the Italian equivalent of John)”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Gian in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,962 people with the first name Gian, which ranks it number 1,850 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Gian a boy's or a girl's name?

Gian is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 102 women and 8,860 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Gian?

Gian is a name of Italian and Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Gian most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.016% of the state's population is named Gian (1,756 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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