Jovani

Jovani: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“God is gracious”
Origin
Italian
Say it
joh-VAH-nee · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys (98% of all uses)

Usually a variant of Giovanni, the Italian form of John, from Hebrew Yohanan. Jovani is also found in Spanish-speaking and US usage.

How popular is Jovani?

202453.0 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 Jovani in 2024177

2024 rank#1,172 boys

Peak year2009

Total US babies since 18807,320

Jovani has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Jovani

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • GiannaGod is gracious · Italian
  • GiovanniGod is gracious · Italian
  • GianniGod is gracious · Italian
  • GiovannaGod is gracious · Italian
  • GianGod is gracious · Italian
  • JiannaGod is gracious · Italian
  • GioGod is gracious · Italian
  • Lucafrom Lucania · Italian

Jovani questions

What does the name Jovani mean?

Jovani means "God is gracious". It comes from Italian. Usually a variant of Giovanni, the Italian form of John, from Hebrew Yohanan. Jovani is also found in Spanish-speaking and US usage.

Is Jovani a boy or girl name?

Jovani is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jovani?

177 US babies were named Jovani in 2024. Its peak year was 2009.

How do you pronounce Jovani?

Jovani is usually pronounced joh-VAH-nee.

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.