Given name
Giovany
“God is gracious”
Giovany is a variant of Giovanna. In Italian use, Giovanna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Giovany 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 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Giovany through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,611
- 1,611 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 127 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,463 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,463 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 29.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 127 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,580 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.
Giovany’s family of names
Giovany has a related form in Giovanna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Giovany
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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