Gianni

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 18% girls / 82% boys

Meaning

Gianni is an Italian name, a short form of the Italian Giovanni and a cognate of John, meaning God is gracious. Gianni is the most common diminutive of Giovanni in Italian.

From Wikipedia

Gianni first appears in the data in 1962 and has been recorded in 61 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2020 with 897 babies (rank #354 that year). In 2024 it was given to 638 boys (rank #483). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Gianni

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Gianni yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

18,174

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

897

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Gianni

Gianni Infantinosports official · b. 1970
Gianni Vernettijournalist · b. 1960
Gianni Morandirecording artist · b. 1944
Gianni Ameliodirector · b. 1945
Gianni MorbidelliFormula One driver · b. 1968

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1962	7	#3,427
1965	7	#3,360
1966	9	#2,860
1967	9	#2,851
1968	16	#2,059
1969	11	#2,755
1970	17	#2,237
1971	22	#1,945
1972	9	#3,437
1973	25	#1,791
1974	32	#1,556
1975	27	#1,806
1976	28	#1,799
1977	22	#2,149
1978	21	#2,235
1979	27	#1,962
1980	30	#1,877
1981	29	#1,916
1982	34	#1,713
1983	32	#1,765
1984	20	#2,468
1985	21	#2,452
1986	31	#1,936
1987	43	#1,621
1988	21	#2,714
1989	34	#2,082
1990	49	#1,670
1991	77	#1,274
1992	71	#1,343
1993	81	#1,262
1994	94	#1,184
1995	74	#1,372
1996	110	#1,094
1997	240	#678
1998	351	#561
1999	226	#725
2000	235	#730
2001	214	#789
2002	250	#710
2003	302	#656
2004	336	#629
2005	417	#566
2006	390	#611
2007	443	#579
2008	483	#544
2009	486	#543
2010	431	#583
2011	499	#517
2012	608	#448
2013	503	#529
2014	539	#520
2015	500	#564
2016	449	#601
2017	536	#527
2018	751	#417
2019	683	#447
2020	897	#354
2021	820	#390
2022	852	#379
2023	691	#448
2024	638	#483