Gia

Italian

"God is gracious"

Gia Origin and Meaning

The name Gia is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "God is gracious".

Gia is a cute if slight name that calls to mind stylish sisters Mia, Lea, Pia, Tia, and Nia. One of the most familiar Italian baby names in the US, Gia is a short form of Gianna, which in turn is a diminutive of Giovanna, the feminine form of Giovanni, the Italian equivalent of John—all of them meaning "God is gracious."

Gia first made a strong impression via Gia Carangi, the ill-fated supermodel whose biopic provided Angelina Jolie's breakout role in 1998. It entered the Top 1000 in 2000, and rose as high as Number 299 in 2011 before slumping down.

Gia was chosen by Matt Damon and by Mario Lopez for their daughters and also gained recent fame as the name of the oldest daughter of Real New Jersey Housewife Teresa Giudice.

Gia Rank in US Top 1000

# 269 in the US

Gia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 446 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Gia

• 269 US 2023
• 446 Nameberry 2025
• 164 Canada 2023
• 266 Future 2028
• 462 England 2023

20 Names Similar to Gia

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• Morgan
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• Kendra
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• Makenna
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Famous People Named Gia

• Gian Carla "Gia" Coppola, American film director; granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola
• Gia Scala (born Josephine Grace Johanna Scoglio) British,American actress
• Gia Pastorelli American child actress
• Gia Marie Allemand American model/actress
• Gia Marie Carangi American supermodel
• Gia Maione American pop singer
• Gia Michele Milinovich American TV presenter
• Gia Carides Australian actress
• Gia Gunn aka Gia Ichikawa American drag queen and trans activist
• Gia Scott Heron, daughter of spoken word poet Gil Scott,Heron
• Gina Cristine "Gia" Mantegna (b. 1990) American actress; daughter of actor Joe Mantegna
• Gia Giudice (b. 2001) daughter of reality TV personalities Teresa and Joe Giudice
• Gia Zavala Damon (b. 2008) daughter of actor Matt Damon
• Gia Francesca Lopez (b. 2011) daughter of actor Mario Lopez
• Gia Grace Woodhead (b. 2011) daughter of NFL player Danny Woodhead
• Gia Byrne (b. 2013) daughter of singer Nicky Byrne
• Gia Garcia (adopted 2013) daughter of singer Mayte Garcia
• Gia Zane (b. 2014) daughter of actor Billy Zane
• Gia James Reynolds (b. 2017) daughter of musicians Dan Reynolds and Aja Volkman
• Gia Leblane Clark (b. 2018) daughter of American musician Gary Clark Jr. and Australian model Nicole Trunfio, sister to Zion Rain
• Gia Genevieve (b. 1988) American Model best known for being on the cover of the March 2015 issue of Playboy

The name Gia in Pop Culture

• Gia Moran character from Power Rangers Megaforce
• Gia Mahan character from Full House
• Gia Mannetti character from TV show "90210"
• Gia Goodman character from the TV show Veronica Mars
• Gia Matteo character from Fifty Shades Freed
• Gia Bennett character in HBO's "Euphoria"