Given name & surname
Giovani
“God is gracious”
Giovani is a variant of Giovanni. In Italian use, Giovanni carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Original ItalianGiovanni
Meaning & origin
What it means
Giovani 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 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Giovani through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,621
- 7,616 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 519 babies
- 2025
- 148
- #1,312 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 148 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,312 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 24.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 519 in 2011. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (33). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,805 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.
Giovani’s family of names
In English usage, Giovani has a diminutive in GIO. Giovani has a related form in Giovanni. In English usage, Giovani was borrowed from the Italian form Giovanni.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Giovani has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
Italianwhere Giovani comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
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 Giovani
- Giovani dos SantosMexican association football playerborn 1989
- Giovani Lo CelsoArgentine association football playerborn 1996
- GiovaniBrazilian association football playerborn 1989
- GiovaniBrazilian association football playerborn 2004
- Giovani CasillasMexican footballerborn 1994
- Giovani SeguraMexican boxerborn 1982
- Giovani HernándezMexican footballerborn 1993
- Giovani Cini1495–1564
- Giovani BernardAmerican football player, running backborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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