Giovanni
Barely 660 people in Poland carry it, and almost no boys get it anymore: most Poles will never meet a Giovanni. The Italian name goes back to Latin and means "god is gracious".
Giovanni Pronunciation
What Giovanni means
Where Giovanni comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Giovanni is the Italian form of the Latin name Ioannes, which reached Latin from the Greek Iōannēs and, before that, from the Hebrew Yohanan. That older name means "god is gracious." The origin is Latin, though the line runs further back.
Italy has given the name to famous bearers. Giovanni Boccaccio wrote the Decameron in the fourteenth century, and Giovanni Bellini painted altarpieces across Venice a hundred years later. A boy called Giovanni shares his name with poets and painters.
In Poland the same root took a different shape and became Jan. So a Giovanni on a Polish class register stands slightly apart, an Italian guest among the Jans and Janeks. His name-day still points to the same saints. And the meaning holds: bóg jest łaskawy, god is gracious.
How many people are named Giovanni
1 in 32343 men in Poland is named Giovanni. 660 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1153 among male names.
Giovanni's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Where Giovanni is most popular
Giovanni is most popular in Łódź, 923% above the national average (3 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+144%).
Giovanni as a middle name
Giovanni is a first name for 660 men in Poland and a middle name for another 181, a 78/22 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 505th, between Eustachy (182) and Karim (181).
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#503 Witalis183
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#504 Eustachy182
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#505 Giovanni181
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#506 Karim181
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#507 Magnus181