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Giovanni

“Variant of John — God is gracious” — Hebrew via Greek, Latin, and Old French origin

Boy's name · #123 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Giovanni reached its best rank, #117, in 2010 and ranked #123 in 2025. Roughly 89,000 boys have been named Giovanni since 1907. Gio is a short form of Giovanni.

Around the world: #15 in Argentina (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 46 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Giovannis

• Giovanni Boccaccio — Italian author and poet (1313–1375)
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Italian Renaissance composer (c. 1525–1594)
• Giovanni Domenico Cassini — Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer (*1625 – †1712)
• Giovanni Pico della Mirandola — Italian Renaissance philosopher (1463–1494)
• Giovanni Bellini — 15th- and 16th-century Italian Renaissance painter (1430–1516)

In stories & tradition

• Giovanni d'Asciano — human whose existence is disputed
• Giovanni — Pokémon
• Giovanni Bertuccio — The Count of Monte Cristo

What Giovannis become

Among 8,286 notable people named Giovanni:

Artists & writers appear 1.76× more often than among typical names — e.g. Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian author and poet (1313–1375).

Similar names: Jovanni · Leonardo · Gianni · Armani · Emmanuel · Lorenzo

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