Given name
Yovanni
“God is gracious”
Yovanni is a variant of Yovanny. In English use, Yovanny carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yovanni is a variant of Yovanny. In English use, Yovanny carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yovanni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 680
- 680 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #4,390 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +39%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,390 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 39.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 41 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 637 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.
Yovanni’s family of names
Yovanni has a related form in Yovanny.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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