Given name
Yovanny
“God is gracious”
Yovanny is a form of Giovanni. In Italian use, Giovanni carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Yovanny carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Yovanny is a form of Giovanni. In Italian use, Giovanni carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Yovanny is used as a form of Giovanni.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yovanny through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 427
- 427 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,860 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,860 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 11.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 767 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.
Yovanny’s family of names
Yovanny is a form of Giovanni. In Spanish usage, Yovanny has a related form in Giovanny. Yovanny has a related form in Yovani.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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