Spellings

Giovanni or Giovani?

In the US in 2025, 88% of babies in this name family were spelled Giovanni and 4% Giovani. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Giovanni already led in 2015, with 82% of the family's births; it has 88% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 3,819 to 3,331 births (−13%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Giovanni3,1402,939−6%
Giovani294148−50%
Geovanni11279−29%
Giovanny16978−54%
Giovonni4553+18%
Geovanny5934−42%

How they sound

  • Giovanni /dʒioʊˈvɑni/ (jee-oh-VAH-nee)
  • Giovani /ˌdʒioʊˈvɑni/ (jee-oh-VAH-nee)
  • Geovanni /ˌdʒioʊˈvɑni/ (jee-oh-VAH-nee)
  • Giovanny /dʒoʊˈvɑni/ (joh-VAH-nee)
  • Giovonni /dʒioʊˈvɑːni/ (jee-oh-VAH-nee)
  • Geovanny /ˌdʒioʊˈvæni/ (jee-oh-VAN-ee)

In France

In France in 2025: Giovanni 185 births (#285 among boys), Giovani 5 births and Giovanny 20 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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