Giggi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Giggi

What is the meaning of the name Giggi ?

The baby name Giggi is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced JEE-jee (/ˈdʒiːdʒiː/); occasionally GIG-ee (/ˈgɪg.i/).

Giggi is French, Italian in Origin.

Giggi is an Italian diminutive, a dialectal spelling of Gigi with a doubled consonant to reflect gemination in central–southern pronunciation. As with Gigi, it functions as a unisex hypocoristic most often derived from Luigi (ultimately from Germanic Ludwig) and, less commonly, from Giorgio/Georgia. The form appears in 19th–20th‑century parish and civil records as a household nickname that occasionally migrated to the birth register. Outside Italy, awareness of the base form grew via Colette’s novella and the 1958 film Gigi; the -gg- variant remains rarer and regionally colored.

Meaning follows the source name: from Luigi/Ludwig, “famous in battle,” or from Giorgio/Georgia, “farmer, earth‑worker.” Variant forms include Gigi (standard), Gigio (masculine), Gigia (feminine), Gigetto/Gigetta, and the anglicized Giggy. Related formal names span Luigi, Ludovico, Giorgio, Giorgia, and sometimes Virginia or Eugenia in French‑influenced settings. Usage today skews informal and affectionate, with occasional independent given‑name status.