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Giovanni

Gender
Boy
Say it
jo-VAN-ee
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#521 for boys
US rank, 2025
#123 for boys

Giovanni is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 521st for boys in the UK (81 babies) and 123rd for boys in the US (2,939 babies).

What does Giovanni mean?

Hebrew: Italian form of John

“God is gracious”

Italian form of John; borne by the writer Giovanni Boccaccio and the painter Giovanni Bellini.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Giovanni a girl's or a boy's name?

Giovanni is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 81 boys in the UK and 16 girls and 2,939 boys in the US.

How popular is Giovanni in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#521among boys
Babies in 2025
81about 1 in 3,700 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 29% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 81 boys in the UK were named Giovanni, making it the 521st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 661st.

2025 had the most boys named Giovanni of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Giovanni in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 84 boys in the UK were given Giovanni or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #493, up from #521 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 497th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 81 in 20252025
Giovanni in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202581#521
202470#605
202364#628
202271#589
202161#666
202058#661
201952#717
201857#687
201774#573
201654#708
201550#724
201454#683
201350#729
201236#922
201145#773
201042#786
200953#664
200855#633
200731#920
200640#738
200524#997
200434#746
200335#686
200232#667
200124#796
200024#785
199937#575
199839#541
199724#741
199619#819

How popular is Giovanni in the US?

Rank in 2025
#123among boys
Babies in 2025
2,939about 1 in 580 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 4% in five years
Same name in a class
2.4%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 2,939 boys in the US were named Giovanni, making it the 123rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 120th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 3,434 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907. 16 girls were also named Giovanni in 2025 (6,837th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Giovanni in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,114 boys in the US were given Giovanni or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #126.

1907Busiest: 3,434 in 20102025
Giovanni in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20252,939#123
20242,964#122
20232,922#123
20222,987#122
20213,009#124
20203,058#120
20192,675#142
20182,772#143
20172,803#142
20162,939#141
20153,140#130
20143,246#125
20132,992#128
20123,093#120
20113,324#117
20103,434#117
20093,072#133
20082,906#140
20073,115#134
20062,830#147
20052,600#158
20042,032#189
20032,201#177
20021,841#202
20011,873#196
20001,757#201
19991,531#221
19981,418#225
19971,281#239
19961,245#238
19951,115#253
1994952#286
1993963#288
1992892#300
1991779#322
1990755#328
1989624#362
1988496#402
1987377#457
1986341#469
1985305#497
1984278#508
1983245#535
1982247#547
1981241#541
1980205#612
1979187#625
1978158#666
1977143#710
1976163#646
1975154#666
1974150#659
1973143#669
1972127#713
197194#838
197099#812
196997#782
196879#827
196761#925
196664#901
196561#942
196450#1,070
196367#910
196239#1,241
196136#1,321
196025#1,618
195927#1,521
195828#1,482
195725#1,582
195617#1,944
195516#1,978
19549#2,742
19536#3,423
19529#2,678
19517#3,064
19509#2,579
19495#3,688
19485#3,665
19475#3,731
19465#3,523
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19376#3,175
19360–
19358#2,719
19347#2,972
19338#2,737
19329#2,638
19317#3,094
193011#2,443
19295#3,957
192814#2,162
192711#2,523
19269#2,902
192513#2,312
192414#2,229
192312#2,445
192215#2,142
192122#1,648
192020#1,747
191923#1,530
191823#1,538
191720#1,642
191627#1,304
191523#1,409
191417#1,491
191316#1,310
191213#1,352
19118#1,289
19105#1,588
19098#1,083
19080–
190710#865

Nicknames for Giovanni

Names like Giovanni

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Gabriel Levi Eli Tobias Ali Malachi Elijah Elias Zachary Isaiah Matteo Caleb

Other spellings of Giovanni

Giovani Giovany Giovannie

Names related to Giovanni

Geovanni Giovanny Giovonni Geovani Giavanni

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, “Giovanni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/giovanni, updated 20 October 2026.