Giovanna

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Giovanna

Say it: joh-VAN-nah

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Meaning

Feminine of Giovanni, from Hebrew Yohanan 'Yahweh is gracious'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

12,622 babies given this name since 1904
At its height in 2020, about 1 in 4,400 girls
367 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

English	Joan
French	Jeanne
Spanish	Juana
Portuguese	Joana
German	Johanna

Famous bearers

Joanna I, Queen of Naples (Giovanna I)

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JovanBoySerbian form of John, from Hebrew Yohanan 'Yahweh is gracious', through Greek Ioannes.Middle Ages · peak 1979

Where this comes from

The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
Royal and noble genealogies
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.