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Gigi

This name is a diminutive of names containing the letters or sound gi, such as French Georgine or Virginie, Italian Luigi, Romanian George and Georgian Giorgi.

PronunciationFrench /ʒi.ʒi/; Italian /ˈd͡ʒi.d͡ʒi/
Usage languagesFrench, Georgian, Italian, Romanian
US rank (2025)#2,822

Meaning and history

Gigi is a diminutive formed from names containing the letters or sound gi, such as the French Georgine and Virginie, the Italian Luigi, the Romanian George, and the Georgian Giorgi.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 30 births, rank #4,685
2007: 29 births, rank #4,944
2008: 34 births, rank #4,448
2009: 24 births, rank #5,709
2010: 46 births, rank #3,470
20112011: 38 births, rank #3,916
2012: 42 births, rank #3,711
2013: 26 births, rank #5,143
2014: 27 births, rank #5,025
2015: 40 births, rank #3,767
20162016: 69 births, rank #2,560
2017: 56 births, rank #2,925
2018: 53 births, rank #3,050
2019: 51 births, rank #3,130
2020: 70 births, rank #2,468
20212021: 82 births, rank #2,251
2022: 94 births, rank #2,048
2023: 60 births, rank #2,823
2024: 69 births, rank #2,559
20252025: 60 births, rank #2,822

Gigi moved from #841 to #920 for girls between 1965 and 1966. Its highest annual birth count came in 1962, with 271 births.