Names Matching Pattern gio*

Giò m & f Italian
Short form of Giovanni and other names beginning with Gio.

Gioacchino m Italian
Italian form of Joachim.

Gioachino m Italian
Italian form of Joachim. A famous bearer was the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868).

Giobbe m Biblical Italian
Italian form of Job.

Gioconda f Italian
From the Late Latin name Iucunda, which meant "pleasant, delightful, happy". Leonardo da Vinci's painting the Mona Lisa is also known as La Gioconda because its subject is Lisa del Giocondo.

Gioele m Italian
Italian form of Joel.

Gioia f Italian
Means "joy" in Italian.

Giona m Italian
Italian form of Jonah.

Gionata m Italian
Italian form of Jonathan.

Giordano m Italian
Italian form of Jordan. A notable bearer was the cosmologist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), who was burned at the stake by the Inquisition.

Giorgi m Georgian
Georgian form of George. This was the name of several kings of Georgia.

Giorgia f Italian, Greek
Italian feminine form of George, as well as a Greek variant form.

Giorgina f Italian
Diminutive of Giorgia.

Giorgino m Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Giorgio.

Giorgio m Italian
Italian form of George.

Giorgos m Greek
Modern Greek variant of Georgios (see George).

Giosetta f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Josette.

Giosuè m Italian
Italian form of Joshua.

Giotto m Italian (Rare)
Possibly from Ambrogiotto, a diminutive of Ambrogio, or Angiolotto, a diminutive of Angiolo. This name was borne by Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337), an Italian painter and architect.

Giovana f Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Giovanna mainly used in South America.

Giovanbattista m Italian
Combination of Giovanni and Battista.

Giovanna f Italian
Italian form of Iohanna (see Joanna), making it the feminine form of Giovanni.

Giovannetta f Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Giovanna.

Giovanni m Italian
Italian form of Iohannes (see John). This name has been very common in Italy since the late Middle Ages, as with other equivalents of John in Europe. The Renaissance writer Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), the painter Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516) and the painter and sculptor Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) were famous bearers of the name.

Giove m Roman Mythology (Italianized)
Italian form of Iovis (see Jove). This is the Italian name for the Roman god Jupiter.

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