Given name
Giovannina
“God is gracious”
In Italian use, Giovannina is a diminutive of Giovanna. In Italian use, Giovanna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Giovannina is a diminutive 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 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Giovannina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76
- 0 boys · 76 girls
- Most popular year
- 1913
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 260 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.
Giovannina’s family of names
In Italian usage, Giovannina is a diminutive of Giovanna. In Italian usage, Giovannina has a diminutive in Vanina.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Giovannina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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