Geovanni
Masculine · “God is gracious”
Geovanni is a Spanish spelling of Giovanni — John in Italian — and the Hebrew behind it is a sentence: God is gracious.
How old is the name Geovanni?
Geovanni first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Geovanni alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 4,300 people named Geovanni are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Geovanni most popular?
Geovanni peaked in 2008, reaching #936 nationally. Today it ranks #1942, 1,006 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.
Where it comes from
From Yochanan to Geovanni
The story of Geovanni
Giovanni is one of the most-used names in Italian history, carried by Boccaccio, Bellini and half the Renaissance. Italian emigration to Latin America and the United States produced Geovanni, Geovany and Giovani as spellings. Geovanni appears in the American registers, chiefly among Latin American families, in current use.
Meaning
God is gracious
Through Giovanni and John, from the Hebrew Yochanan — Yah, the divine name, and chanan, 'he was gracious'. Italian made Giovanni from the Latin Iohannes. The Geo- spelling renders the Italian soft g for Spanish and English readers. The Hebrew is undisputed.
How the name formed
- Yochanan
- Iohannes
- Giovanni
- Geovanni
Related forms: Giovanni · Geovanny · John
Pronouncing Geovanni
jee-oh-VAH-nee
Four syllables, stress on the third. Italian Giovanni has three, joh-VAH-nee.
Nicknames for Geovanni
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1973
- Most boys named
- 2008217 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #936reached in 2008
- Change vs 2024
- −17.7%79 in 2025, from 96
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Geovanni in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Giovanni in Italian — spelling variant
- Geovanny in Spanish — spelling variant
- John in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Geovannis among us
people named Geovanni are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 21,621 born in 2025 was named Geovanni
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Geovanni
- #1942
- Geovanni on the 2025 chart
- #771
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Geovanni went to 79 boys in 2025, but Geovanny, Geovani and Geovany are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 157, which makes it the 771st most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,171 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 10,879 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 21,621 for Geovanni itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Akira test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Geovanni's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Akira climbed just as high around 1927, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Akira's path sketches the road Geovanni is walking now.
Geovanni sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Geovanni is headed
Geovanni should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Geovanni beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Geovanni in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a complete statement and is undisputed.
- It belongs to the largest name family in European history.
- Geo is a short form with real use in Spanish-speaking families.
- Giovanni is the correct Italian spelling and will be assumed.
- The Geo- spelling adds a syllable in most readings.
- Several spellings of the sound are in circulation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Geovannis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,300 people named Geovanni are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Geovanni?
- Geovanni is the most-used spelling in US records — 79 of the 157 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Geovanny, Geovani and Geovany.
- How popular is the name Geovanni in 2025?
- Geovanni ranks #1942 among US boy names in 2025, with 79 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Geovanni?
- About 1 in every 21,621 US boys born in 2025 was named Geovanni — 79 in all.
- Will my child share the name Geovanni with classmates?
- Geovanni will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Geovanni
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