Both the English John and the Italian Giovanni developed from the Latin Io hannes from the Hebrew Johanan meaning God is gracious.

Italian baby name giovanni. This is a diminutive of the name Giovanni which is an Italian variant of the Latin name Iohannes which is a variant of the Greek names Ioannes which is a variant of the Hebrew name Yochanan meaning God is gracious. The name means just or fair. The name Giovanni is primarily a male name of Italian origin that means God Is Gracious.

See the popularity of the girls name Giovanni over time plus its meaning origin common sibling names and more in BabyCenters Baby Names tool. In spite of the long-standing popularity of the personal name in Italy the surname is rare. Ubiquitous in Italy it has countless notable namesakes from writer Boccaccio to designer Versace nn Gianni.

Giovanni is a male Italian name from the Latin Io hannes which is the equivalent of the English name John from the Hebrew Johanan meaning God is gracious. Has increased in popularity since the 1960s. The name Giovanni is of Greek Hebrew origins which means it has more than one root and is used in more than one countries and different languages of the world especially English speaking countries Italian speaking countries among others.

Giovanny is an Americanized respelling of the classic Italian masculine name Giovanni which itself is the Italian equivalent to John. The name Giovanni is a boys name of Italian origin meaning God is gracious. Gianna is an Italian female name.

In Italian the meaning of the name Giovanni is. Most notably John the Baptist who baptized sinners in the River Jordan. The Italian cognate of John God is gracious which is derived from the Middle Latin Johannes an evolution of the Ecclesiastic Late Latin Joannes.

Giovanni is a venerable Italian classic that suddenly sounds fresh and cool. It is an Italian male name of Hebrew. Origin of the name Giovanni.