Giovanni

Meaning: God is gracious
Origin: Italian (from Hebrew) — Variant of John

Nicknames: Gio

Boy's name · #123 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Giovanni reached its best rank, #117, in 2010 and ranked #123 in 2025. Roughly 89,000 boys have been named Giovanni since 1907.

Across the states

See where Giovanni is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 46 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Giovanni is especially popular in Argentina.

#10 in Argentina (2025) · #287 in France (2025) · #351 in Mexico (2024) · #448 in New Zealand (2025) · #501 in England & Wales (2025) · #520 in Netherlands (2025) · #640 in Switzerland (2025) · #697 in Scotland (2025) · #834 in Sweden (2025) · #902 in Austria (2025) · #912 in Ecuador (2025) · #915 in Ireland (2025) and 2 more.

Famous Giovannis

Giovanni Boccaccio — Italian author and poet (1313–1375)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Italian Renaissance composer (c. 1525–1594)
Giovanni Domenico Cassini — Italian mathematician (1625–1712)
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola — Italian Renaissance philosopher (1463–1494)
Giovanni Bellini — 15th- and 16th-century Italian Renaissance painter (1430–1516)

In stories & tradition

Giovanni d'Asciano — Presumed Italian painter
Giovanni — Pokémon
Giovanni Bertuccio^nl — The Count of Monte Cristo (book)

What Giovannis become

Among 8,286 notable people named Giovanni:

Artists & writers appear 1.76× more often than among typical names — e.g. Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian author and poet (1313–1375).

Spellings & nicknames

About 170 boys a year are given Gio as their full name.

Similar names: Jovanni · Leonardo · Gianni · Armani · Emmanuel · Lorenzo

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