Gian is a boy's name of Italian origin meaning “Giovan.” In 2024 it was given to 263 boys in the United States.
Gian at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Italian
Meaning
“Giovan”
About the name Gian
Gian belongs to the Italian tradition. Its meaning — “Giovan” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Gian first appears in Social Security records in 1953. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #776 in 2023, and in 2024 263 babies received the name — 4,787 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.