Yovani
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yoh-VAH-nee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Yovani is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Yovani mean?
Hebrew: Spanish phonetic spelling of Giovanni (John)
“God is gracious”
A Spanish phonetic spelling of Giovanni, the Italian form of John.
Is Yovani a girl's or a boy's name?
Yovani is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yovani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,378th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Yovani, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 115 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Yovani in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 89 boys in the US were given Yovani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,589, up from #3,378 for this spelling alone.
Yovani in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,000 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 40 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 46 | #2,640 |
| 2014 | 55 | #2,343 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 72 | #1,958 |
| 2011 | 75 | #1,865 |
| 2010 | 109 | #1,492 |
| 2009 | 85 | #1,773 |
| 2008 | 103 | #1,553 |
| 2007 | 109 | #1,464 |
| 2006 | 102 | #1,492 |
| 2005 | 115 | #1,314 |
| 2004 | 86 | #1,539 |
| 2003 | 83 | #1,535 |
| 2002 | 65 | #1,769 |
| 2001 | 63 | #1,773 |
| 2000 | 73 | #1,605 |
| 1999 | 56 | #1,775 |
| 1998 | 64 | #1,619 |
| 1997 | 45 | #1,988 |
| 1996 | 44 | #1,982 |
| 1995 | 48 | #1,796 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Yovani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Armani, Avi, Malachi, Giovanni, Jakari, Rishi, Amari, Jamari, Gianni, Ari, Kamari, Levi
Other spellings of Yovani
Names related to Yovani
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, “Yovani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yovani, updated 20 October 2026.