Giga

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Giga is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.9K records spelled Giga4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, India, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Gīga

• a separate given name1.0K records spelled Giga3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States

  Also written Ģiga, Gīga

• Amharic given name127 records spelled Giga2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Russia, United States

  Also written ጊጋ

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Giga is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Russian, "large."

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Finnish, ellipsis of gigatavu (“gigabyte”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Portuguese, flat basket

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In yxg, shoulder

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In iba, to find

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, gigue

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 79 years between 1921–2013. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Giga Lortkipanidzeb. 1927GESoviet actor and film director (1927-2013)
• Giga Norakidzeb. 1930GESoviet association football player (1930-1995)
• Giorgi Batiashvilib. 1934GEnot in their usual nameGeorgian architect (1934-2021)
• Giga Bokeriab. 1972GEGeorgian politician
• Giga Chikadzeb. 1988GEGeorgian mixed martial artist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 194 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Giga?

We estimate roughly 9.4 thousand people bear Giga (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Giga have the most bearers?

We estimate about 8.8 thousand people bear Giga in Georgia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled giga.

Where is Giga most common?

Giga is densest in Georgia, where the national register counts about 1 in 454 people carrying it.

How common is Giga compared with other names?

In Georgia, Giga is the 28th most common given name of 34,237 given names recorded there.

Is Giga a male or female name?

Giga is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.