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 ...

Giovanni Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

People with this given name

Gianni Agnelli Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli (; 12 March 192124 January 2003), nicknamed ("The Lawyer"), was an Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's GDP, 3.1% of its industrial workforce a ...

(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 Gianni Amelio (born 20 January 1945) is an Italian film director. Early life Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano, province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence with ...

(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 ...

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Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

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 Gianni Bugno (; born 14 February 1964) is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist. Biography Bugno was a versatile rider, able to do well in different types of races. He won numerous stages in the Tour de France, and the Milan–S ...

(cyclist) *

Gianni Danzi Gianni Danzi (January 25, 1940 – October 2, 2007) was an Italian Catholic Archbishop of the Territorial Prelature of Loreto. He was born in Viggiù, Varese province, Italy. Danzi died in October 2007 at the age of 67 at his parents' house in ...

(

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 Giovanni "Gianni" De Biasi (, sq, Xhovani "Xhani" De Biazi), born 16 June 1956 is an Italian football coach and former player. He holds dual Italian and Albanian citizenship. De Biasi was the first coach of the Albania national team to lead th ...

(Italian football coach) *

Gianni De Fraja Gianni De Fraja is a professor of economics at the University of Nottingham, England and a Research Fellow (CEPR). He was born in Bologna, where he spent the first five years of his life, before moving to Bassano del Grappa and then on to Mestr ...

(economics professor) *

Gianni De Michelis Gianni De Michelis (26 November 1940 – 11 May 2019) was an Italian politician, prominent member of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), who served as minister in many Italian governments in the 1980s and early 1990s. Biography De Michelis was bo ...

(politician) *

Gianni Garko Gianni Garko (born Giovanni Garcovich; 15 July 1935), often billed as John Garko and occasionally Gary Hudson, is an Italian actor who found fame as a leading man in 1960s Spaghetti Westerns. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as Sartana, ...

(actor, born Giovanni Garcovich) *

Gianni Ghidini Gianni Ghidini (21 May 1930 – 20 June 1995) was a road racing cyclist from Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of t ...

(cyclist) *

Gianni Infantino Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino (; born 23 March 1970) is a Swiss football administrator with Italian citizenship and the current president of FIFA. He was elected President of FIFA during the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress in February 2016. He ...

(President of FIFA) *

Gianni Letta Gianni Letta (born 15 April 1935) is an Italian journalist and politician. He is a close advisor of Silvio Berlusconi and a member of the advisory board of Goldman Sachs International. Biography After graduating in law, he started working as a ...

(politician) *

Gianni Mina Gianni Mina (born 9 February 1992 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France) is a French professional tennis player. Tennis career Juniors On the junior circuit, Mina reached the No. 1 combined world ranking in March 2010. He finished runner-up to even ...

(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 (singer) * Gianni Vattimo (philosopher) * Gianni Vella (artist) * Gianni Vernetti (politician) * Gianni Versace (fashion designer) * Gianni Vignaduzzi (track cyclist) * Gianni Zuiverloon (footballer)

People with this surname

*Alberto Gianni (1891–1930), Italian diver *Dimitrie Gianni (1838–1902), Romanian politician *Gary Gianni (born 1954), American comics artist *Lapo Gianni (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, Australian paralympic athlete *Patrizia Gianni (born 1952), Italian mathematician

Fictional people with this name

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

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People with this surname

Fictional people with this name

See also