Giovanni - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Giovanni \

is pronounced joh-VAHN-ee. It is of Italian origin. Variant of John (Hebrew) "God's grace". Artist Giovanni Bellini; author Giovanni Boccaccio; actor Giovanni Ribisi.

Giovanni has 19 variant forms: Geovani, Geovanney, Geovanni, Geovanny, Geovany, Gian, Gianni, Giannino, Giovan, Giovani, Giovanno, Giovanny, Giovel, Giovell, Giovonni, Jovan, Jovanney, Jovanni and Jovanno.

For more information, see also the related name Yovanny.

Baby names that sound like Giovanni are Jeovanni, Jovonni, Jovanny, Jovann, Jovani and Jeovani.

Giovanni is a somewhat common first name for men (#794 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#31947 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy name Giovanni. Compare Giovanni with its variant forms and related boy names.

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