Giovanna

Giovanna: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“God is gracious”
Origin
Italian
Say it
joh-VAHN-nah · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Italian feminine form of Giovanni, equivalent to Jane/Joanna and ultimately from Hebrew Yohanan. A long-established classic in Italy.

How popular is Giovanna?

202485.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Giovanna in 2024284

2024 rank#928 girls

Peak year2020

Total US babies since 188013,826

Giovanna has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Giovanna

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • GiannaGod is gracious · Italian
  • GiovanniGod is gracious · Italian
  • GianniGod is gracious · Italian
  • GianGod is gracious · Italian
  • JiannaGod is gracious · Italian
  • GiavannaGod is gracious · Italian
  • GioGod is gracious · Italian
  • JovaniGod is gracious · Italian

Giovanna questions

What does the name Giovanna mean?

Giovanna means "God is gracious". It comes from Italian. Italian feminine form of Giovanni, equivalent to Jane/Joanna and ultimately from Hebrew Yohanan. A long-established classic in Italy.

Is Giovanna a boy or girl name?

Giovanna is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Giovanna?

284 US babies were named Giovanna in 2024. Its peak year was 2020.

How do you pronounce Giovanna?

Giovanna is usually pronounced joh-VAHN-nah.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.