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What does Giovanni mean?
Giovanni 
▲ as a boys' name is pronounced joh-VAHN-ee. It is of Italian and Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Giovanni is "God is gracious". Variant of John. Artist Giovanni Bellini; author Giovanni Boccaccio; actor Giovanni Ribisi.
STARTS WITH Gi-
ASSOCIATED WITH gracious
Variations
VARIANTS Geovani, Geovanney, Geovanni, Geovanny, Geovany, Gian, Gianni▲, Giannino, Giovan, Giovani, Giovanno, Giovanny▼, Giovel, Giovell, Giovonni, Jovan, Jovanney, Jovanni, Jovanno
SEE ALSO Yovanny
RELATED FORMS VIA JOHN Giannis, Jianni, Jovonni
FEMININE FORM Jeovanna
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Giovanni Dariel (G.D.), ..
How popular is Giovanni?
Giovanni is a somewhat popular first name for males (#794 out of 1220, Top 65%) and an even more popular surname for both adults and children (#30412 out of 150436, Top 20%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Giovanni was first listed in 1900-1909 and reached its highest rank of #115 in the U.S. in the year 2010, and is at #144 presently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Geovani, Geovanni (#1495 IN 2018), Geovanny, Geovany, Gian (#1221), Gianni (#416), Giovani (#1069), Giovanny (#1550), Giovonni, John (#27), Jovan (#1628) and Jovanni (#1046) are the prominent variation forms of Giovanni (#144) listed in the Top 2000. Other forms, like Jianni, are uncommon. These relations of Giovanni were favored during the years 1880-1889 (AVERAGE #1846) and have become significantly less conventional since (#1276, ▼90.9%), with forms like John becoming less fashionable. Gianni and Giovanni are two of the more trendy birth names here.
Similar Names
Giovanni▲ is pronounced similarly to Jeovani, Jeovanni, Jovani and Jovanny. Other recommended sound-alike names are Gafni, Galvan, Garmann, Garvan, Gavan, Gavynn, Giannes, Gianney (see Gian), Giannos, Gianny, Giladi, Gilean, Gilian, Gillan, Gilman, Giordano, Giorgi, Giorgino, Girvan, Girven, Girvin, Girvon (see Girvin), Gleann (see Glen), Goodmann, Goran, Govind, Govinda, Jovann, Lioni, Lionni (see Leon), Viviani, Yanni and Yovanni. These names tend to be less commonly used than Giovanni.
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