Gia

Where Gia comes from

* (name from Italian): Borrowed from Italian Gia * (name from Greek): Clipping of Georgia.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gia
  • Italian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1934
    Gia Scala born
    American actress
  2. 1957
    First appearance
    #2,727 among girls, 18 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1960
    Gia Carangi born
    American model
  4. 2022
    Peak, #267
    1,183 babies named Gia — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
  • A female given name from Italian.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Georgia, from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Gia Carangi · American model, 1960–1986
  • Gia Scala · American actress, 1934–1972
  • Gia Grigalava · Georgian footballer, born 1989
  • Gia Paloma · American pornographic actress and director, born 1984
  • Gia Carides · Australian actress, born 1964

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.