Meaning of the nameGiovanni

Giovanni is a spelling of the name Giovani, which means “form of Giovanni, the Italian John, 'Yahweh is gracious'”.

Meaning

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

Meaning of the name Giovani, of which Giovanni is a spelling.

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

People (2022): 12,882
Rank in Brazil: #1,426
Median age: 25 years
2010 Census: 8,324; people

Giovanni in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Giovanni, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (3,386 people).

243 women 12,639 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 Giovanni is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	5,932	0.013%
Minas Gerais	1,611	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	903	0.006%
Paraná	895	0.008%
Rio Grande do Sul	723	0.007%
Santa Catarina	416	0.006%
Bahia	267	0.002%
Espírito Santo	254	0.007%
Pernambuco	232	0.003%
Pará	210	0.003%
Distrito Federal	179	0.006%
Goiás	175	0.003%
Ceará	172	0.002%
Paraíba	160	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	134	0.005%
Amazonas	101	0.003%
Mato Grosso	101	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	96	0.003%
Maranhão	59	0.001%
Alagoas	51	0.002%
Piauí	46	0.001%
Sergipe	37	0.002%
Tocantins	36	0.002%
Rondônia	27	0.002%
Acre	23	0.003%
Roraima	23	0.004%
Amapá	19	0.003%

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

The spelling Giovanni

The Italian spelling, with a double NN; proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo.

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.

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 Giovanni

What does the name Giovanni mean?

Giovanni means “form of Giovanni, the Italian John, 'Yahweh is gracious'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Giovani, of which Giovanni is a spelling.

How many people are named Giovanni in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,882 people with the first name Giovanni, which ranks it number 1,426 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Giovanni is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 243 women and 12,639 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Giovanni?

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

In which Brazilian state is Giovanni most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.013% of the state's population is named Giovanni (5,932 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Giovanni?

Giovani. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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