Gian Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Gian is usually a form of Gianni. At root, the name means “from Giannino (John)”.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Gianni and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Gian and Gianni

Records show Gian as one of the forms Gianni took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

About 214 people in the United States were recorded as Gian in 2010, placing it 86,981 on the national list. Get the complete Gian report, with a museum-style coat of arms.