Gio or Giò is a

nickname A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...

, most commonly a shortened form of

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 ...

, Giorgio, Giorgi,

Giuseppe Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Giuse ...

, or Sergio. It may refer to:

People with the nickname

Gio (singer) Gio (born Sergio Bermejo Romero, 6 April 1990) is a Spanish singer, actor, songwriter and producer. He started his career singing gospel music in different choirs from Madrid, earlier he becomes one of a member mixband called D-ViNe, who were fina ...

(born 1990), Spanish singer and actor *

Gio Alvarez Giorgio Pietro Verano Alvarez (born November 18, 1976), better known as Gio Alvarez, is a Filipino actor in movies and television shows. He was an original member of '' Ang TV'', a youth-oriented variety show in the Philippines. Career He play ...

(born 1976), Filipino actor *

Gio Aplon Gio Giaan Aplon (born 6 October 1982) is a South African rugby union player for Toyota Verblitz in the Top League in Japan. He scored two tries in a 42–17 triumph against the Six Nations Tournament, Six Nations winner – France. The match wa ...

(born 1982), South African rugby union footballer * Giorgio Armani, ''cf.'' "Acqua di Giò", a perfume of his * Gio Benitez (born 1985), American journalist * Giorgi Kinkladze (born 1970), Georgian footballer * Gio Dee (born 1992), American hip hop artist *

Giò Di Tonno Giovanni "Giò" Di Tonno (born 5 August 1973) is an Italian pop singer. In duo with Lola Ponce he won the 2008 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, with the song "Colpo di fulmine" written by Gianna Nannini Gianna Nannini (; born 14 June ...

(born 1973), Italian singer *

Gio González Giovany Aramis González (born September 19, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox. A two- ...

(born 1985), American baseball player *

Gio Petré Gio Birgitta Petré, née Ann-Marie Birgitta Bengtsdotter Petré (born 1 November 1937), is a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 27 films from 1955 to 1974. Selected filmography * '' Stage Entrance'' (1956) * '' Wild Strawberries'' (1957) * ...

(born 1937), Swedish actress *

Giò Pomodoro Giò Pomodoro (; 17 November 1930 – 21 December 2002) was an Italian sculptor, printmaker, and stage designer. His brother is the sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. In 1954 he moved to Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in n ...

(1930–2002), Italian artist *

Giò Ponti Giovanni "Gio" Ponti ( ͡ʒo18 November 1891 – 16 September 1979) was an Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, teacher, writer and publisher. During his career, which spanned six decades, Ponti built more than a ...

(1891–1979), Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, and publisher. *

Giovana Queiroz Giovana Queiroz Costa (born 21 June 2003), known as Gio Queiroz or simply Gio, and sometimes Giovana Costa, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for English Women's Super League club Arsenal and the Brazil women's ...

(born 2003), Brazilian footballer *

Giò Sada Giovanni Sada (born 10 September 1989), also known as Giò Sada or Gulliver, is an Italian singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known for winning the ninth season of the Italian talent show ''X Factor'' in 2015. His debut single, "Il rimpiant ...

(born 1989), Italian singer *

Gio Washington Governor Washington, Jr., known by his stage name Gio Washington (formerly Governor), is an American R&B and soul recording artist from Charles City, Virginia. He is perhaps best known as a singer-songwriter, who was once signed to T.I.'s G ...

(born 1973), American musician *

Gio Wiederhold Giovanni Corrado Melchiore Wiederhold (June 24, 1936 – December 26, 2022) was an Italian-born American computer scientist who spent most of his career at Stanford University. His research focused on the design of large-scale database manage ...

(born 1936), Italian-American computer scientist *

Giovanni van Bronckhorst Giovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst (born 5 February 1975) is a Dutch football manager and former player, who was most recently the manager of Scottish Premiership club Rangers. Formerly a midfielder, he moved to left-back later in his career. ...

(born 1975), Dutch footballer *

Mark Giordano Mark Giordano (; born October 3, 1983) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He also previously played with the Calgary Flames for fifteen seasons, where he was the tea ...

(born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player

Fictional characters with the nickname

* Gio Gio, in the Japanese manga ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure''

People with the nickname

Fictional characters with the nickname

See also