Gianni

Gianni is the Italian short form of Giovanni, itself the Italian Giovanni for John, from the Hebrew meaning "God is gracious." It has the easy warmth of a Milanese cafe conversation and carries the style associated with designer Gianni Versace, who brought the name onto international radar. In America it now rests at 483, used comfortably for both boys and girls. Two syllables, the soft opening G and the bright, doubled N at the center lending a musical spring. Gianni reads as stylish, continental, and effortlessly charismatic, a name that walks into a room already dressed. Warm, lyrical, and distinctly Italian.