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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising

GianIn Hebrew: ג׳אן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Gian (Hebrew: ג׳אן) is a boy's name of international origin. 654 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 5 boys and ranked #852. Its peak year was 1952, with 24 babies.

People in Israel
654
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
5
rank #852
Peak year
1952
24 babies
USA, 2025
244
rank #955

Writing and saying Gian

In Hebrew letters the name is ג׳אן, read right to left. Gian is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Gian by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Gian: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Gian in English-speaking countries

Gian in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025244#9552023 (328)
United Kingdom202516#1,6872009 (19)
England and Wales202516#1,6132009 (19)
Alberta20253#1,2052015 (9)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Gian has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Gian

How do you write Gian in Hebrew?

Gian is written ג׳אן in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Gian?

654 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ג׳אן: 70 women and 584 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Gian a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 89.3% of the people named ג׳אן are men.

Is Gian used outside Israel?

The name Gian appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 244 boys were given it in 2025 (#955), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 16 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.