Giovanna
Only about 125 women in Poland carry it, and parents have all but stopped choosing it: most Poles have never met a Giovanna. The name is Italian, from the Hebrew for "god is gracious".
Giovanna Pronunciation
What Giovanna means
Where Giovanna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Giovanna is the Italian feminine of Giovanni. Both go back to the Hebrew name Yohanan, which means "God is gracious." The Italians inherited that meaning rather than inventing it. It reached them through Greek Ioannes and then Latin, long before Naples or Florence gave the name its Italian shape.
One bearer wore a crown. Giovanna I of Naples took the throne in 1343 and ruled for close to four decades. Her reign ran through plague and constant feud, and history records her with scandal and all. The name outlived every charge against her.
In Poland Giovanna reads as Italian, a close cousin to the home-grown Joanna and Janina. A child called Giovanna stands out in the school register, one Italian vowel among Polish surnames. The Hebrew root holds firm under all of them: God is gracious.
How many people are named Giovanna
1 in 180351 women in Poland is named Giovanna. 125 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2995 among female names.
Giovanna's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Giovanna as a middle name
Giovanna is a first name for 125 women in Poland and a middle name for another 40, a 76/24 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1089th, between Arya (40) and Gül (40).
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#1087 Annika40
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#1088 Arya40
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#1089 Giovanna40
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#1090 Gül40
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#1091 Hazel40