Jiovani
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- joh-VAH-nee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Jiovani is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Jiovani mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jiovanni; phonetic spelling of Giovanni, the Italian form of John
“God is gracious”
A phonetic spelling of Giovanni, the Italian form of John.
Meaning borrowed from Jiovanni.
Is Jiovani a girl's or a boy's name?
Jiovani is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jiovani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,706th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Jiovani, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Jiovani in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 150 boys in the US were given Jiovani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,174, up from #4,706 for this spelling alone.
Jiovani in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
Nicknames for Jiovani
- Gio 14 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jiovani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Armani, Jakari, Malachi, Jamari, Avi, Josiah, Amari, Jaziel, Giovanni, Kamari, Gianni, Bodhi
Other spellings of Jiovani
Names related to Jiovani
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jiovani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jiovani, updated 20 October 2026.