Given name & surname
Giovana
“God is gracious”
Giovana is a variant of Giovanna. In Italian use, Giovanna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Original ItalianGiovanna
Meaning & origin
What it means
Giovana is a variant of Giovanna. In Italian use, Giovanna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Giovana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 881
- 0 boys · 881 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 46 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,377 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,377 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 25.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 46 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,733 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.
Giovana’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Giovana has a diminutive in Gi. In Portuguese usage, Giovana shares an earlier linguistic root with Joana. Giovana has a related form in Giovanna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Giovana
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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