Entry № 3683 · Italian origin

Giovanna Giovanna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ joh-VAH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Italian
Meaning
"God is gracious (Italian Joan / Jane)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Italian)

A name that means "god is gracious (italian joan / jane)".

Giovanna is the Italian feminine of Giovanni / John — from the Hebrew Yôḥānān (God is gracious). Giovanna Pucci — Italian businesswoman.

God is gracious.

The name in its native script.

Giovanna
Transliteration
Giovanna
Pronunciation
/ dʒoʊˈvɑː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Giovanna stands.

Giovanna does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Giovannas before her.

Real people
Giovanna I of Naples
Medieval Italian queen.
1326 – 1382
Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Italian actress.
born 1974
Saint Giovanna Beretta Molla
Italian saint (canonized 2004).
1922 – 1962
In fiction
Giovanna
Modern Italian naming.

Names connected to Giovanna.

The number behind Giovanna.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Giovanna reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.