Giovanna

What Giovanna means

Italian form of Jane, meaning “God is gracious”

a female given name, masculine equivalent Giovanni, equivalent to English Jane || Variant of Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is

Source: Wiktionary, “Giovanna” (revision 93542905) and “Jane” (revision 94540460), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Giovanna?

US: Steady: #815 in 2015, #878 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1783 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 368 girls got the name (#744 that year). First in the US records in 1904.

How common

• About 1 in 5,287 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 11,513 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (0.87 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.75 per 1,000 girls), CT (0.61 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Giovanna is #878 in the US and #1407 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Giovanna were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Giavanna231 US · 5 E&W
• Giavonna25 US
• Giavana23 US
• Giavanni17 US
• Giovanni16 US
• Geovanna16 US
• Giovana9 US
• Jiavanna7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Giovanna

Girls

• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Isabelle#166Variant of Elizabeth, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Mariana#260Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #260 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Emma#3“entire”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*

For a brother

• Caden#201Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #201 vs #745 in 2025
• Carson#124“rock”^*
• Luke#33Editor’s note Down from #28 in 2015 to #33 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 250 US boys in the 2025 records
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Jack#15Short form of John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Maximus#275Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1997, with 5 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Giovanna’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.