Gian
Gian is a masculine Italian given name. It is a variant of Gianni and is likewise used as a diminutive of Giovanni, the Italian form of John. In Italian, any name including Giovanni can see it contracted to Gian. It sometimes varies as Giam, particularly in combination with other given names.
It is also a masculine Punjabi Sikh name meaning 'knowledge' and is a variant of the Sanskrit 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, First Lord of Milan
- Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Sixth Lord of Milan
- Gian Marco Centinaio, Italian politician
- Gian Pyres, British musician
- Gian Maria Volontè, former actor
- Gian Sammarco, former actor
- Gian Carlo Menotti, composer and librettist
- Gian Singh, Sikh soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
Other uses
- Gian, alternate name of Giyan, a city in Iran
- Gian, alternate name of Takeshi Goda, a character in Doraemon
See also
- Giovanni and Gianni, for other people whose names may appear as Gian
- Gianbattista
- Gianpaolo
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