Given name
Geovanni
“God is gracious”
Geovanni is a variant of Giovanni. In Italian use, Giovanni carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Geovanni is a variant of Giovanni. In Italian use, Giovanni carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Geovanni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,390
- 4,390 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 217 babies
- 2025
- 79
- #1,946 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 79 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,946 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 217 in 2008. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (22). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,004 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Geovanni’s family of names
Geovanni has a related form in Giovanni. In Portuguese usage, Geovanni has a related form in GEOVANE.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Geovanni
- GeovanniBrazilian footballerborn 1980
- Geovanni Mauricio Paz HurtadoEcuadorian Catholic bishopborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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