Giovani
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- jo-VAN-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,310 for boys
Giovani is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 1,310th for boys in the US (148 babies).
What does Giovani mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Giovanni; Italian form of John
“God is gracious”
Italian form of John; borne by the writer Giovanni Boccaccio and the painter Giovanni Bellini.
Meaning borrowed from Giovanni. More on Wiktionary.
Is Giovani a girl's or a boy's name?
Giovani is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 148 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Giovani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Giovani, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Giovani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 84 boys in the UK were given Giovani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #493, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Giovanni 81
- Giovani 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Giovani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Giovani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,310th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 148 about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 148 boys in the US were named Giovani, making it the 1,310th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,158th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 519 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Giovani in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,114 boys in the US were given Giovani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #126, up from #1,310 for this spelling alone.
Giovani in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 148 | #1,310 |
| 2024 | 158 | #1,250 |
| 2023 | 124 | #1,458 |
| 2022 | 147 | #1,296 |
| 2021 | 159 | #1,215 |
| 2020 | 167 | #1,158 |
| 2019 | 172 | #1,132 |
| 2018 | 185 | #1,074 |
| 2017 | 196 | #1,025 |
| 2016 | 250 | #876 |
| 2015 | 294 | #790 |
| 2014 | 304 | #769 |
| 2013 | 311 | #744 |
| 2012 | 373 | #641 |
| 2011 | 519 | #503 |
| 2010 | 490 | #528 |
| 2009 | 454 | #581 |
| 2008 | 405 | #613 |
| 2007 | 345 | #689 |
| 2006 | 259 | #794 |
| 2005 | 210 | #874 |
| 2004 | 143 | #1,100 |
| 2003 | 175 | #935 |
| 2002 | 159 | #987 |
| 2001 | 152 | #999 |
| 2000 | 147 | #1,002 |
| 1999 | 114 | #1,147 |
| 1998 | 119 | #1,082 |
| 1997 | 118 | #1,073 |
| 1996 | 113 | #1,069 |
| 1995 | 92 | #1,202 |
| 1994 | 63 | #1,490 |
| 1993 | 80 | #1,261 |
| 1992 | 58 | #1,520 |
| 1991 | 67 | #1,376 |
| 1990 | 65 | #1,378 |
| 1989 | 36 | #1,988 |
| 1988 | 38 | #1,785 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,055 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Nicknames for Giovani
Names like Giovani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gabriel, Malachi, Levi, Eli, Elijah, Ali, Tobias, Noah, Elias, Isaiah, Zachary, Caleb
Other spellings of Giovani
Names related to Giovani
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Giovani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/giovani, updated 20 October 2026.