Giaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- gee-AAN
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Giaan is a boys' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “knowledge, wisdom”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Giaan mean?
Punjabi: Punjabi gian, from Sanskrit jnana 'knowledge'
“knowledge, wisdom”
Gian is a key Sikh idea of spiritual knowledge, also seen in the title Giani for a learned Sikh teacher.
Is Giaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Giaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Giaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Giaan, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd.
2025 had the most boys named Giaan of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Giaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Giaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
Names like Giaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gurbaaz, River, Gurman, Avyaan, Ivaan, Nirvair, Gurfateh, Gurvansh, Gurtaj, Bodhi, Arjan, Gursanjh
Names related to Giaan
More Punjabi names
Asees, Jind, Baani, Akaal, Gurnawab, Jujhar, Ajooni, Mannat, Ekam, Gurniwaz, Gurnaaz, Avleen, Anhad, Harleen, Gurbani, Harnoor
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Giaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/giaan, updated 20 October 2026.