Giovanni is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Giovanni isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Giovanni ranks 132. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 17 were named Giovanni. In the entire USA, approximately 78,488 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Giovanni. That is 0.02 % of all living Americans.
Giovanni is an Italian given name, but originally of Hebrew origin. It is a variant of the first name John, which is based on Hebrew ‘Yahweh’ as the name of God and ‘chanan’ for ‘to be gracious’. Giovanni therefore translates to as ‘God is gracious’.
James Baldwin wrote... a novel with the title 'Giovanni's Room' in 1956. It follows an American living a frustrated life in Paris.
Giovanni Alejandro Reyna (*2002)
Usually referred to as »Gio« Reyna, the English-born player is an American soccer player who also holds Portuguese nationality. The attacking midfielder or winger is a US international and is currently on loan from Borussia Dortmund to Nottingham Forest. He is currently conidered to be among the best young players worldwide.
Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (*1974)
The US-American actor rose to fame for his roles in TV series such as »Wonder Years« (1992–1993), »Friends« (1995–1998, 2003), »My Name Is Earl« (2005–2008) and »Sneaky Pete« (2015–2019). He was also seen in numerous movies including »Saving Private Ryan« (1998), »Avatar« (2009), »Public Enemies« (2009), »Gangster Squad« (2013), and »A Million Ways to Die in the West« (2014).
Don Giovanni
In full »Il dissoluto punito ossia Il Don Giovanni« (literally »The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni«) is a dramma giocoso in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart based on a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It is a masterpiece of the genre and among the greatest operas of all time blending comedy, melodrama and supernatural elements.
Yolande Cornelia »Nikki« Giovanni (*1943)
She is among the world's most famous African-American poets, who has won several accolades, including the Langston Hughes Medal and the NAACP Image Award. She predominantly writes about race and social issues and puts these themes into poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays.
When you hear the name Giovanni, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Giovanni? Are you also called Giovanni? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
»Giovanni Peak« is a mountain about 500 meters high in the northern part of West Antarctica's Alexander Island.
»San Giovanni« is the name of a whole series of places in Italy, including: Castel San Giovanni, Luserna San Giovanni, San Giovanni Bianco, and San Giovanni la Punta.
is one of the 19 municipalities of the city of Rome, Italy. It is located south-east of the historic center.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter G is not really common as a first letter for boys' names: only 2.8% of all common boys' names in the US begin with G. By the way, the most common first letters of boys' names are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.
With eight letters, the name Giovanni is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 2.8% of all boys' names beginning with a G, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are boys' names with G that are quite popular, the most common at present is George.
If your name is Giovanni and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Giovanni, you can simply say:
Goat
Igloo
Orange
Violin
Apple
Nut
Nut
Igloo
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Giovanni
Giovanni
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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V
A
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N
I
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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I
O
V
A
N
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Giovanni sounds like this:
