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For the acronym GIAN, see GIAN.

Gian

Pronunciation	Italian: [dʒan]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Italy
Other names
Related names	Giovanni, Gianni, Jean

Gian is a given name 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, nickname of Takeshi Goda, a character in Doraemon

See also

• Giovanni and Gianni, for other people whose names may appear as Gian
• Gianbattista
• Gianpaolo