Gia (name)

Gia

Pronunciation	/ˈdʒiːə/ JEE-ə
Gender	female
Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	Italian
Meaning	"God is gracious"
Other names
Variant form(s)	Gianna Giana Jane

Gia is an English female given name, used as short for the Italian name Gianna (English Jane), Giada (English Jade) or Georgia . ^[a]

People named Gia

• Gia Allemand (1983–2013), American actress and model
• Gia Carangi (1960–1986), American model
• Gia Carides (born 1974), Australian actress
• Gia Ciambotti (born 1962), American singer
• Gia Crovatin (born 1985), American actress and producer
• Gia Darling (born 1977), transsexual adult film actress
• Gia Farrell (born 1989), American singer
• Gia Gunn, American drag queen
• Gia Johnson (born 1986), British model
• Gia Kourlas, American dance critic
• Gia Maione (1941–2013), American singer and widow of singer Louis Prima
• Gia Mantegna (born 1990), American actress and daughter of actor Joe Mantegna
• Gia Milinovich (born 1969), American-British television presenter and writer
• Gia Pergolini (born 2004), American Paralympic swimmer
• Gia Scala (1934–1972), English-American actress of Italian-Irish descent
• Gia To, French photographer and journalist in videogames
• Gia Ventola, American fashion designer

Fictional characters named Gia

• Gia Campbell, in the soap opera General Hospital
• Gia Goodman, a minor character in the television show Veronica Mars
• Gia Mahan, a secondary character in the television show Full House
• Gia Moran, in the television show Power Rangers Megaforce
• Gia the Jaguar, in the film Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
• Gia Bennett, in the TV series Euphoria (American TV series)

Popularity

As a baby name it was the 730th most popular name in the U.S.^{[ when? ]}

Notes

1. Even though this name does originate from Italian Gianna, it is not used as a given name in Italy and seems to be simply a short form of the name based on the English pronunciation /dʒiˈɑːnə/ jee-AH-nə (different from Italian [ˈdʒanna] ).