Geovany
Masculine · “God is gracious”
Geovany ends in -y where Geovani ends in -i, and that one letter is the difference between a Spanish ending and an Italian one.
How old is the name Geovany?
Geovany first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Geovany alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 1,700 people named Geovany are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Geovany most popular?
Geovany peaked in 2009, reaching #1594 nationally. Today it ranks #4539, 2,945 places below that high. See the whole 2009 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Geovany
Ours, offered as ours. Spanish orthography has a rule most speakers never think about: a final -i sound is written y, not i, which is why the word for and is y and why Spanish has rey and hoy and muy. So an Italian name ending in -i has to be adjusted, and Geovany is that adjustment made consistently. Geovani leaves the Italian ending alone; Geovany naturalizes it. Both spellings are correct decisions about different things.
Meaning
God is gracious
From Hebrew Yohanan through Latin Iohannes and Italian Giovanni. Spanish does not end words in -i, so families writing the Italian name in a Spanish-language country substitute the -y that Spanish does use.
Pronouncing Geovany
jyo-VAH-nee
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Geovany
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
- 1979
- Most boys named
- 2009100 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1594reached in 2009
- Change vs 2024
- −12.0%22 in 2025, from 25
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.
Geovany in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Geovani in Spanish — spelling variant
- Giovanni in Italian — related form
- Juan in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas.
Geovanys among us
people named Geovany are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 77,640 born in 2025 was named Geovany
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Geovany
- #4539
- Geovany on the 2025 chart
- #771
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Geovany went to 22 boys in 2025, but Geovanni, Geovanny and Geovani 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 — 3,768 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 10,879 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 77,640 for Geovany 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 Marvis test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Geovany's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marvis climbed just as high around 1983, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marvis's path sketches the road Geovany is walking now.
Geovany 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
Geovany beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Geovany in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that forms a complete sentence.
- The Spanish -y ending is a genuine and consistent adaptation.
- One of the great name families of Europe stands behind it.
- Geovany, Geovani, Giovanny and Yovani are all in use in the same families.
- Giovanni is the standard spelling and will be offered as a correction.
- Seven letters and three syllables is a fair amount for early handwriting.
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Frequently asked
- How many Geovanys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Geovany are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Geovany?
- Geovany is one of 4 recorded spellings. Geovanni is the more common one — 79 births in 2025 against 22 for Geovany.
- How popular is the name Geovany in 2025?
- Geovany ranks #4539 among US boy names in 2025, with 22 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Geovany?
- About 1 in every 77,640 US boys born in 2025 was named Geovany — 22 in all.
- Will my child share the name Geovany with classmates?
- Geovany will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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