How would you pronounce Gian?

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Registered: 04-18-2003
How would you pronounce Gian?
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Sat, 03-06-2004 - 12:57pm

How would you pronounce Gian?



  • guy-in
  • juy-in
  • gee-in
  • jee-in
  • other


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iVillage Member
Registered: 11-04-2003
Sat, 03-06-2004 - 1:07pm
Gian, to me is more like John.. gee-on(soft G pronunciation). Italian nickname for John too, I think. :)

Devin

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Registered: 05-13-2003
Sat, 03-06-2004 - 2:18pm
yup, I pronounce it like John too, but slighty more like JJJ-ahn (with the ah sound rather than the o sound)
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Registered: 01-26-2004
Sat, 03-06-2004 - 4:59pm
Visiting from the June 2004 board... I think you would pronounce it gee-on... Goodluck!!

Brandi

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Giovanni EDD 6/20/04

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Registered: 12-15-2003
Sat, 03-06-2004 - 7:02pm
I too would pronounce it like the French name of John (Jean).
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Registered: 09-24-2003
Sat, 03-06-2004 - 7:18pm
I would pronounce it similar to John, or the french Jean is even closer. Very hard to describe phonetically, the G would not exactly be a standard J english sound, but that's as close as I can describe it.
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Registered: 08-20-2001
Mon, 03-08-2004 - 10:39am
This is "John" in Italian. I'd pronounce it Jon.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 11-04-2003
Mon, 03-08-2004 - 1:41pm
Ditto Veil... the girl's version would be Gianna. :)
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-01-2003
Mon, 03-08-2004 - 8:56pm
Basically, I'd pronounce it "Jon"
iVillage Member
Registered: 01-13-2004
Tue, 03-09-2004 - 6:25am
Gee-an