Boy · Hebrew
Giovanni
Say it: joh-VAN-nee
Meaning
From Hebrew Yohanan 'Yahweh is gracious'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 75,343 babies given this name since 1907
- At its height in 2010, about 1 in 558 boys
- 3,039 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| English | John |
|---|---|
| French | Jean |
| Spanish | Juan |
| German | Johann |
| Maltese | Ġwann |
Famous bearers
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Giovanni Bellini, Venetian painter
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- 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.