Gian is a masculine Italian given name. It is a variant of

Gianni Gianni is an Italian name (occasionally a surname), 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. People with this given name * Gianni Agnelli ( ...

and is likewise used as a diminutive of Giovanni, the Italian form of John. In Italian, any name including Giovanni can be contracted to Gian, particularly in combination with other given names, such as Gianfranco or Gianluca. Gian is also an unrelated masculine

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

Sikh name meaning 'knowledge' and is a variant of the

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominalization, nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cul ...

name Gyan.

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 Gian Galeazzo Visconti (16 October 1351 – 3 September 1402), was the first duke of Milan (1395) and ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance. He also ruled Lombardy jointly with his uncle Bernabò. He was the foun ...

, First Lord of Milan * Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Sixth Lord of Milan *

Gian Marco Centinaio Gian Marco Centinaio (born 31 October 1971) is an Italian politician for the Lega Nord. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Tourism in the Conte Cabinet from 1 June 2018 to September 2019. Biography Centinaio was born in Pavia on October ...

, Italian politician * 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

Other uses

* Gian, alternate name of

Giyan Giyan ( fa, گيان, also Romanized as Gīyān; also known as Kīān, Qīān, and Qayān) is a city and capital of Giyan District, in Nahavand County, Hamadan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and al ...

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

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