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Meaning of the nameGeovane

Geovane is a male name that Wiktionary gives as a loanword from the Italian Giovanni, a form of João, from Hebrew Yôḥānān, 'Yahweh is gracious'.

Meaning

“form of Giovanni, 'Yahweh is gracious'”

Source: Wiktionary: Geovane · Wiktionary: Giovanni · Behind the Name: Giovanni

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People (2022)
67,942
Rank in Brazil
#446
Median age
29 years
2010 Census
68,100
people

Geovane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Geovane, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (22,523 people).

1,992 women 65,950 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Geovane is most common

States with the highest share of people named Geovane in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rondônia 0.063%
  2. Maranhão 0.057%
  3. Pará 0.056%
  4. Acre 0.052%
  5. Bahia 0.047%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais8,3250.041%
São Paulo8,2430.019%
Bahia6,6170.047%
Pará4,5340.056%
Paraná4,4690.039%
Maranhão3,8610.057%
Rio de Janeiro3,8410.024%
Pernambuco3,4410.038%
Goiás2,7610.039%
Rio Grande do Sul2,6990.025%
Santa Catarina2,6040.034%
Ceará2,3850.027%
Mato Grosso1,6980.046%
Espírito Santo1,5540.041%
Amazonas1,4810.038%
Piauí1,3950.043%
Paraíba1,1880.030%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,1640.042%
Alagoas1,0020.032%
Rondônia1,0000.063%
Rio Grande do Norte8630.026%
Distrito Federal7290.026%
Tocantins6570.044%
Sergipe5420.025%
Acre4320.052%
Roraima2390.038%
Amapá2180.030%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Geovane

Wiktionary lists Geovane in Portuguese as a loanword from the Italian Giovanni and a doublet of João, Ivan, Ian, Jean and Ruan. For Giovanni, it traces the chain from Latin Iōhannēs to Greek Ἰωάννης and to Biblical Hebrew יוחנן, 'Yahweh is gracious'; Behind the Name gives the roots Yahweh and ḥanan. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 67,942 people named Geovane, with a median age of 29. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, most common in Rondônia. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Geovanne, Geovani and Jeovane among the spelling variants.

This is the most recorded spelling in the group and the one that has an entry in Wiktionary.

Other spellings of Geovane

SpellingPeople (2022)
Geovane67,942
Geovanne2,824

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Geovane · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Giovanni · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Giovanni · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Geovane · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Geovane

What does the name Geovane mean?

Geovane means “form of Giovanni, 'Yahweh is gracious'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Geovane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 67,942 people with the first name Geovane, which ranks it number 446 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Geovane a boy's or a girl's name?

Geovane is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,992 women and 65,950 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Geovane?

Geovane is a name of Italian and Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Geovane most common?

Proportionally, in Rondônia: 0.063% of the state's population is named Geovane (1,000 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Geovane?

Geovanne. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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