Meaning of the nameGiovani

Giovani is a masculine name taken from the Italian Giovanni, the Italian form of John, which comes from Biblical Hebrew Yôḥānān, 'Yahweh is gracious'.

Meaning

“form of Giovanni, the Italian John, 'Yahweh is gracious'”

Source: Wiktionary: Giovani · Wiktionary: Giovanni · Behind the Name: Giovanni · Behind the Name: John

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People (2022): 30,487
Rank in Brazil: #813
Median age: 30 years
2010 Census: 31,844; people

Giovani in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Giovani, 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 (8,874 people).

758 women 29,729 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 Giovani is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	10,232	0.023%
Rio Grande do Sul	4,833	0.044%
Minas Gerais	3,403	0.017%
Paraná	3,141	0.027%
Santa Catarina	3,045	0.040%
Rio de Janeiro	1,528	0.010%
Espírito Santo	646	0.017%
Mato Grosso do Sul	521	0.019%
Bahia	473	0.003%
Mato Grosso	376	0.010%
Pará	334	0.004%
Goiás	332	0.005%
Pernambuco	288	0.003%
Distrito Federal	250	0.009%
Ceará	233	0.003%
Paraíba	141	0.004%
Amazonas	114	0.003%
Maranhão	100	0.002%
Piauí	91	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	89	0.003%
Rondônia	89	0.006%
Alagoas	55	0.002%
Sergipe	55	0.003%
Tocantins	40	0.003%
Acre	38	0.005%
Roraima	25	0.004%
Amapá	15	0.002%

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

About the name Giovani

Wiktionary records Giovani as a masculine name coming from the Italian Giovanni, 'John'. For Giovanni, the same source gives the path from Latin Iohannes and Greek Iōánnēs to Biblical Hebrew Yôḥānān, 'Yahweh is gracious'; Behind the Name describes Giovanni as the Italian form of Iohannes and links the Hebrew name to Yahweh and to ḥanan, 'to show favor'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 30,487 people named Giovani, with a median age of 30. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

A spelling with a single N, the most common of the group.

Other spellings of Giovani

Spelling	People (2022)
Giovani	30,487
Giovanni	12,882

Sources

Wiktionary: Giovani · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Giovanni · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Giovanni · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: John · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Giovani

What does the name Giovani mean?

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

How many people are named Giovani in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 30,487 people with the first name Giovani, which ranks it number 813 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Giovani is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 758 women and 29,729 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Giovani?

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

In which Brazilian state is Giovani most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.044% of the state's population is named Giovani (4,833 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Giovani?

Giovanni. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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