How to pronounce the word Giorgio correctly?

JORJO

Jor jo

Your Italian friend is right.

Unsurprisingly, as the name is Italian.

Jor-ji-o

Your Italian friend is correct, strictly speaking, although the name has become "Americanized" and pronounced in English-speaking countries as your American friends pronounce it.

the second one is how italians say it yeh so it depends on how correct you want to be and where you put the emphasis in the name.

like this "G-OR-G-O say it quickly a few times out loud

jor-g-o