Given name
Giovanny
“God is gracious”
Giovanny is a variant of Giovanni. In Italian use, Giovanni carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Giovanny 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
Giovanny through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,752
- 6,722 boys · 30 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 399 babies
- 2025
- 78
- #1,964 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −27%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 78 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,964 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 26.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 399 in 2010. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (18 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,876 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.
Giovanny’s family of names
Giovanny has a related form in Giovanni. In Spanish usage, Giovanny has a related form in Yovanny. In Spanish usage, Giovanny has a related form in YIOVANNY.
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 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Giovanny
- Gio UrshelaColombian baseball player (born 1991)
- Giovanny PérezVenezuelan footballer (1974–2022)
- Giovanny GallegosMexican professional baseball pitcherborn 1991
- Giovanny BáezColombian racing cyclistborn 1981
- Giovanny RomeroVenezuelan footballerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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