Given name
Giovan
“God is gracious”
Giovan is a variant of Giovanni. In Italian use, Giovanni carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Giovan 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 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Giovan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 368
- 368 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,478 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +120%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,478 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 40 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 372 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.
Giovan’s family of names
Giovan has a related form in Giovanni.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 46
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jackequivalent
- Johnequivalent
- Ianequivalent
- Evanequivalent
- Ivanequivalent
- Juanequivalent
- Gianniequivalent
- Johnnyequivalent
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- Johanequivalent
- Joanequivalent
- Jeanequivalent
- Jonequivalent
- Gianequivalent
- Hansequivalent
- Johannequivalent
- Johannesequivalent
- Janequivalent
- Yannisequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Ivanoequivalent
- Іванequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Xoánequivalent
- Ioannequivalent
- Joannesequivalent
- Giuànequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Иванequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Iwoequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
- Иоаннequivalent
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Ioannesequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Joãoequivalent
People named Giovan
- Giancarlo de' MediciCatholic cardinal; (1611-1663)
- Giovan Battista Aleottiarchitect (1546–1636)
- Giovan Battista CarpiItalian comic book writer and illustrator (1927–1999)
- Giovan Battista RuoppoloItalian painter (1629-1693)
- Giovan Battista LangettiItalian painter (1635-1676)1625–1676
- Giovan Battista PichierriItalian archbishop (1943–2017)
- Giovan Battista NaniVenetian diplomat, historian and writer1616–1678
- Giampietro ZanottiItalian painter and poet (1674-1765)
- Giovan Pietro VieusseuxItalian writer and publisher (1779-1863)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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