Gian is a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

of Italian origin. It is a shortened version of Giovanni, another name of Italian origin.

Notable people

Notable people whose name is now typically expressed as Gian include: * Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter * Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor * Gian Rinaldo Carli, Italian count, economist, and antiquarian * Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany * Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal * Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer * Gian Galeazzo Visconti, First Lord of Milan * Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Sixth Lord of Milan * Gian Marco Berti (born 1982), Sammarinese sports shooter * Gian Marco Centinaio, Italian politician * Gian Croci, Argentine footballer * Gian Pyres, British musician * Gian Maria Volonté, former actor * Gian Sammarco, former actor * Gian Carlo Menotti, composer and librettist * Gian Sotto, Filipino politician * Gian Piero Ventura, Italian football manager * Gian Piero Gasperini, Italian football manager * Gian (footballer, born 1974) (Giancarlo Dias Dantas), Brazilian footballer * Gian Francesco Gonçalves Mariano, known as Gian, Brazilian footballer * Gian (footballer, born 2001) (Gianluca Muniz Estevam), Brazilian footballer * Gian Singh, several people * Gian Luigi Ferri, the perpetrator of the 101 California Street shooting.

Other uses

* Gian, alternate name of Giyan, a city in Iran * Gian, alternate name of Takeshi Goda, a character in Doraemon

Notable people

Other uses

See also