Given name
Hovannes
“God is gracious”
In Armenian use, Hovannes carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Armenian use, Hovannes carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Armenian.
How it developed
Hovannes is used as a form of John.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hovannes through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 6 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 boys is 6 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 140 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.
Hovannes’s family of names
Hovannes is a form of John. Hovannes has a related form in Hovan. Hovannes has a related form in Hovane.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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