Giovanni: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced joh-VAH-nee · 3 syllables

Giovanni means “God is gracious”, from Italian.

Borrowed from Italian Giovanni. Doublet of John.

How popular is Giovanni?

Giovanni was the #123 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,955 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Giovanni in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Giovanni are older than 25; most are between 18 and 48. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Giovanni have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Giovanni means “God is gracious”. It comes from Italian.

Giovanni is pronounced joh-VAH-nee.

Giovanni was the #123 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,955 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Giovanni are older than 25. Most are between 18 and 48.