Gigi

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in Italian: a diminutive of the male given name Luigi

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/dʒidʒi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gigi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • HKHong Kong≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ITItaly≈1 in 3.6K
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 12K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈40,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
404 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Hong Kong, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

GigiLatin(measured from records)
ΓιγηGreek(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)

a diminutive of the female given names Gisèle, Gilberte, Georgette, or Virginie

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

How Gigi is read(measured from records)

Gigi is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 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.

  • English50%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Gigi in English.

  • Italian9.2%

    a diminutive of the male given name Luigi

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Spanish8.1%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Gigi in Spanish.

  • French5.5%

    a diminutive of the female given names Gisèle, Gilberte, Georgette, or Virginie

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Arabic5.3%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Gigi in Arabic.

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)

Gigi 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.

Where Gigi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈40,000 est.≈1 in 35K—Gigi32
IT Italy—≈17,000 est.≈1 in 3.6K1Gigi50
PH Philippines—≈9,000 est.≈1 in 12K—Gigi70
US United States—5,7311 in 58K5.6KGigi404
RO Romania—≈5,700 est.≈1 in 3.8K—Gigi40
HK Hong Kong#118≈5,400 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Gigi50
AT Austria—≈380 est.≈1 in 23K—Gigi15

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). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gigi is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Peru, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gigí, Gi-Gi, Gïgï, Gígí, Gìgì

  • Italian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Philippines, France

    Also written Gigì, Gìgì, Gigí, Gïgī, Gìgi

  • French given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Italy, Canada

    Also written Gi-Gi, Gîgï, Gïgï, Gĭgĭ

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Gìgì

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ǧiǧi

  • Romanian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, Italy, United States, Spain

    Also written Gígì

  • Georgian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Georgia, United States, Russia, Israel

    Also written გიგი, Gįgį, Gìgi

63 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gigi is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Pet form of cIsELLE.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • French: pet name, originally a nursery reduplication, based on GEORGINE or Virginie (see VIRGINIA ).

    as a word

  • In Malay, tooth: hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of ぎぎ

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

190019201940196019802000Gigi Ballista, b. 1918Gigi Reder, b. 1928Luigi Riva, b. 1944Gigi Fernández, b. 1964Gigi Rice, b. 1965Gigi Lai, b. 1971Giorgi Ugulava, b. 1975Gigi Leung, b. 1976Gigi Edgley, b. 1977Gigi Saul Guerrero, b. 1990

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Gigi,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 54 sources across 28 countries.

Official registers attesting Gigi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20205.6K#3,582
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020162#3,582
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202560—
IT ItalyISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)20241#12,486
IT ItalyISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)20241#12,271

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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 Gigi?
In the etymology graph, Gina, Georgina and Ginger are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Virginie and Georgette.
Is Gigi a male or female name?
Gigi is a female 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 Gigi come from?
a diminutive of the female given names Gisèle, Gilberte, Georgette, or Virginie Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How common is the name Gigi?
In the United States, the national register counted 5,731 people named Gigi in 2020, about 1 in 58 thousand residents.
How common is Gigi compared with other names?
In Hong Kong, Gigi is the 118th most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.
How do you pronounce Gigi?
A machine transcription gives /dʒidʒi/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Gigi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 40 thousand people named Gigi in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gigi.
What does the name Gigi mean?
In Italian, a diminutive of the male given name Luigi

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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, “Gigi” — the 118th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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