Giovanni
Usage of Giovanni in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Giovanni against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Giovanni is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Featured in baby name books
Giovanni, the Italian version of John, carries the meaning “God is gracious” or “God is good.” The name has storied bearers like Mozart’s Don Giovanni and writer Boccaccio, and actor Giovanni Ribisi made it familiar to Americans; Gio and Von make edgy nicknames.
Giovanni in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 2,939 boys were named Giovanni, making it the #123 boys' name in the US. Since 1907, 89,368 boys have been named Giovanni, with the most (3,434) in 2010. It is most common, relative to births, in Delaware, New Mexico and Rhode Island.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Giovanni in other languages
- Jan Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Romanian, Slovenian, Swedish
- Hannes Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Swedish
- Ivan Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Slovenian
- Ivo Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Italian, Slovenian
- Johannes Dutch, Estonian, German, Norwegian, Swedish
- Jon Danish, English, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
- Иван Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian
- Hans Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish
- Iwan Dutch, German, Polish, Welsh
- Jack Dutch, English, Irish
- Johan Dutch, German, Swedish
- John Dutch, English, German
- Sean Dutch, English, Irish
- Evan Dutch, Welsh
- Gianni Dutch, Italian
- Ian Dutch, English
- Ioan Romanian, Welsh
- Iván Hungarian, Spanish
- Johann Dutch, German
- Johnny Dutch, English
- Juan Dutch, Spanish
- Gian Italian
- Giovanny Spanish
- Hanns German
- Honza Czech
- Ieuan Welsh
- Ifan Welsh
- Ioannes Latin
- Ion Romanian
- Ionuț Romanian
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Giovanni
There are 217 towns and villages with Giovanni in their name, in 3 countries.
🇮🇹 Italy 214🇫🇷 France 2🇲🇽 Mexico 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| San Giovanni | Sicily, 🇮🇹 Italy | 1,789 | Map |
| San Giovanni | Friuli Venezia Giulia, 🇮🇹 Italy | 1,356 | Map |
| San Giovanni | Emilia-Romagna, 🇮🇹 Italy | 844 | Map |
| San Giovanni | Abruzzo, 🇮🇹 Italy | 788 | Map |
| San Giovanni | Trentino-Alto Adige, 🇮🇹 Italy | 759 | Map |
| San Giovanni | Tuscany, 🇮🇹 Italy | 695 | Map |
| San Giovanni | Abruzzo, 🇮🇹 Italy | 621 | Map |
| San Giovanni | Piedmont, 🇮🇹 Italy | 471 | Map |
| San Giovanni | Calabria, 🇮🇹 Italy | 466 | Map |
| San Giovanni | Abruzzo, 🇮🇹 Italy | 448 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Giovanni songs
6 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Giovanni in their title. The best known:
- Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's ''The Marriage of Figaro'' and ''Don Giovanni'' – Franz Liszt
- Don Giovanni, a cenar teco
- Giovanni telegrafista
- Giovanni – Yōsuke Sakanoue (2001)
- San Giovanni – Fulminacci (2019)
- L'alba di Don Giovanni – Franco Casavola
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Giovanni
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Giovanni.
Giovanni Arrighi
Giovanni Battista Rizza
Giovanni Benelli
Giovanni Bernaudeau
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Fictional characters named Giovanni
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Giovanni as a pet name
FurryName has found 52 dogs named Giovanni in public pet registers, making it the #3,068 dog name there. Most of them are registered in New York City (27), Tacoma (1), Basel (1). Giovanni as a dog name →
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