# Giovani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/giovani/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “john” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,621 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,616 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 61, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Italian Giovanni (“John”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5 | 15,885 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 519 | 503 |
| 2012 | 373 | 642 |
| 2013 | 311 | 744 |
| 2014 | 304 | 771 |
| 2015 | 294 | 793 |
| 2016 | 250 | 876 |
| 2017 | 196 | 1,027 |
| 2018 | 185 | 1,075 |
| 2019 | 172 | 1,133 |
| 2020 | 167 | 1,158 |
| 2021 | 159 | 1,217 |
| 2022 | 147 | 1,297 |
| 2023 | 124 | 1,460 |
| 2024 | 158 | 1,254 |
| 2025 | 148 | 1,312 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Giovani

- Giovani Lo Celso, Argentine association football player
- Giovani, Brazilian association football player
- Giovani Henrique, Brazilian association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.