Giovanni
The 2025 national count puts Giovanni at #123, as settled as a name gets. On the books since 1907, peaking in 2010: 89,368 American children so far.
What Giovanni carries
Giovanni · Hebrew
“the Lord’s grace”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Giovanni’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Giovanni, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Giovanni since 1907
Giovanni peaked in 2010 at #117; #123 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Giovanni is most common
The state that gives Giovanni most often, per boys born there, is Delaware (0.54% in 2025); New Mexico and Rhode Island are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Giovanni
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Gabriella
#105 in 2025 · Hebrew
Eliza
#115 in 2025 · Hebrew
Malachi
#134 in 2025 · Hebrew
Nathaniel
#140 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jeremiah
#88 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isabel
#177 in 2025 · Hebrew
Elise
#223 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ezekiel
#61 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Giovanni
How popular is the name Giovanni?
The 2025 national count puts Giovanni at #123, as settled as a name gets. The full curve since 1907 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Giovanni have a meaning on record?
The gloss on record reads “the Lord’s grace”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Giovanni?
Gabriella, Eliza and Malachi sit nearest to Giovanni on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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