Gio
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Gio is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country. In English, recorded as A diminutive of the male given names Giovanni, Giovani, Giorgi, Giorgio, Giuseppe, or Sergio, from Italian.
- ITItaly≈1 in 5.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 43K
- USUnited States1 in 147K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Gio itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 223 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈12,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Northern Vietnam form of tro (“ash”)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.
How Gio is read(measured from records)
Gio is one spelling over 6 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish27%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Gio in Spanish.
- English19%
A diminutive of the male given names Giovanni, Giovani, Giorgi, Giorgio, Giuseppe, or Sergio, from Italian.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Italian13%
a diminutive of the male given names Giovanni, Giorgi, Giorgio, or Sergio, feminine equivalent Gia
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Georgian8.4%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Gio in Georgian.
- Vietnamese6.1%
Northern Vietnam form of tro (“ash”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Estonian6.0%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Gio in Estonian.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gio counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | #831 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.2K | 2 | Gio | 88 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 43K | — | Gio | 80 |
| US United States | — | 2,263 | 1 in 147K | 2.1K | Gio | 223 |
| CO Colombia | — | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Gio | 36 |
| FR France | — | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 125K | 12 | Gio | 2 |
| CL Chile | — | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 39K | 1 | Gio | 27 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 37K | 33 | Gio | 20 |
| GE Georgia | #220 | 168as გიო | 1 in 24K | 168 | Gio | 50 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gio is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In sxn, to cheer; also to shout out, as in trying to stop an escaping thief
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In ang, alternative form of ġeō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In fj, a shark
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gio Maria Bertholib. 1695ITItalian Catholic priest (1695-1776)
- Gio Coluccib. 1892FRItalian artist (1892-1974)
- Gio Batta Morassib. 1934ITItalian luthier (1934–2018)
- Gio Petréb. 1937SESwedish actress
- Gia Burjanadzeb. 1961GEnot in their usual nameGeorgian actor
- Gio Pikab. 1978RUGeorgian-born Russian rapper
- Gio Aplonb. 1982ZASouth African rugby union footballer
- Gio Gonzalezb. 1985USAmerican baseball player
- Gio Calixtrob. 2000USAmerican soccer player
- Gio Cantob. 2009MXMexican writer, researcher, entrepreneur, and editor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 45 sources across 27 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 2 | — |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Gio?
- In the etymology graph, Jorge, George and Jürgen are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Gio a male or female name?
- Gio is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- Where does the name Gio come from?
- Northern Vietnam form of tro (“ash”) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Gio have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Gio in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gio.
- What does the name Gio mean?
- In English, A diminutive of the male given names Giovanni, Giovani, Giorgi, Giorgio, Giuseppe, or Sergio, from Italian.
- How common is the name Gio?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,263 people named Gio in 2020, about 1 in 147 thousand residents.
- How common is Gio compared with other names?
- In Italy, Gio is the 831st most common given name of 102,667 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gioThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gio” — the 831st most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.