Gianni is an Italian name (occasionally a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

), a short form of the Italian Giovanni and a cognate of John meaning God is gracious. Gianni is the most common

diminutive A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formati ...

of Giovanni in Italian.

People with this given name

* Gianni Agnelli (industrialist) *

Gianni Alemanno Giovanni "Gianni" Alemanno (born 3 March 1958) is an Italian politician who from April 2008 until June 2013 was Mayor of Rome for the centre-right People of Freedom. He was the Secretary of the National Movement for Sovereignty from 2017 to 201 ...

(politician) * Gianni Amelio (film director) *

Gianni Baget Bozzo Gianni Baget Bozzo (8 March 1925 – 8 May 2009) was an Italian Catholic priest and politician. Baget Bozzo was born in Savona and raised in Genoa where he graduated in law. At one-time Christian-Democrat activist, in 1984 he was elected at ...

( Roman Catholic priest and political expert) *

Gianni Bellocchi Gianni Bellocchi (born July 22, 1969) is a researcher in agricultural and related sciences. He is credited with the development of approaches and tools in Validity (statistics), validation of estimates and measurements. Introduction of fuzzy log ...

(scientist) *

Gianni Brera Giovanni Luigi "Gianni" Brera (8 September 1919 – 19 December 1992) was an Italian sports journalist and novelist. This is a description by himself: "My real name is Giovanni Luigi Brera. I was born on 8 September 1919 in San Zenone Po in the ...

(journalist) * Gianni Bugno (cyclist) * Gianni Danzi ( Roman Catholic bishop) *

Gianni Davito Gianni Davito (born 19 August 1957) is a retired Italian high jumper. Biography He finished eighth at the 1977 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 1983 World Championships without reaching the final. His personal best jump ...

(high jumper) * Gianni De Biasi (Italian football coach) * Gianni De Fraja (economics professor) * Gianni De Michelis (politician) * Gianni Garko (actor, born Giovanni Garcovich) * Gianni Ghidini (cyclist) * Gianni Infantino (President of FIFA) * Gianni Letta (politician) * Gianni Mina (tennis player) * Gianni Minà (journalist) * Gianni Morandi (singer) * Gianni Morbidelli ( Formula One driver) * Gianni Motta (cyclist) * Gianni Pettenati (singer) * Gianni Riotta (journalist) * Gianni Rivera (footballer) * Gianni Rodari (writer) * Gianni Romme (skater) * Gianni Russo (actor) * Gianni Stensness (footballer) *

Gianni Togni Gianni Togni (born 24 July 1956 in Rome) is an Italian singer. He begins his musical experience with the album ''In una simile circostanza'' (1975), he obtained a notable success in 1980 with the single "Luna", from the album ''... E in quel mom ...

(singer) * Gianni Vattimo (philosopher) * Gianni Vella (artist) *

Gianni Vernetti Gianni Vernetti (born 27 November 1960) is a writer and Italian politician. Early life Gianni Vernetti was born in Torino, Italy. In 1985 he graduated in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Turin. In 1987 he was awarded a PhD in Urban ...

(politician) * Gianni Versace (fashion designer) *

Gianni Vignaduzzi Gianni Vignaduzzi (born 27 August 1966) is a retired track cyclist from Canada who represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he finished in 17th place in the Men's Points Race and at the 1992 Summer Olympics ...

(track cyclist) *

Gianni Zuiverloon Gianni Michel Eugene Zuiverloon (; born 30 December 1986) is a Dutch former footballer who plays as a centre back. Club career Early career Zuiverloon was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He started his football career at the age of six at Feye ...

(footballer)

People with this surname

Alberto Gianni Alberto is the Romance languages, Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic languages, Germanic ''Albert (given name), Albert''. It is used in Italian language, Italian, Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, ...

(1891–1930), Italian diver * Dimitrie Gianni (1838–1902), Romanian politician * Gary Gianni (born 1954), American comics artist *

Lapo Gianni Lapo Gianni (died after 1328) was an Italian poet who lived in Florence in the 13th-14th centuries. He was a member of the Florentine circle of the Italian movement called Dolce Stil Novo, and was probably a notary. His composition are distinguish ...

(died after 1328), Italian poet * Mario Gianni (1902–1967), Italian footballer * Matthieu Gianni (born 1985), Italian footballer * Nicolás Gianni (born 1982), Italian footballer *

Paul Gianni Paul Gianni is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He was a B-classified competitor at the 1976 Summer Paralympics The 1976 Summer Paralympics (french: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 1976), branded as Torontolympiad – 1976 Olympiad for the P ...

, Australian paralympic athlete *

Patrizia Gianni Patrizia M. Gianni (born 1952) is an Italian mathematician specializing in computer algebra. She is known for her early research on Gröbner bases including her discovery of the FGLM algorithm for changing monomial orderings in Gröbner bases, ...

(born 1952), Italian mathematician

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Gianni di Marco Gianni di Marco is a fictional character from the BBC serial drama ''EastEnders'', played by Marc Bannerman from 1998 to 2000. Throughout his time on the show, the character mostly contributed to his family's story arc since their first arrival ...

, a character on the British TV show ''Eastenders'', portrayed by actor Marc Bannerman.

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