Fun Facts About the Name Giavanna
- More than 6 thousand babies named Giavanna: U.S. records list 6,209 babies given the name Giavanna from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Giavanna Mean?
Giavanna is a feminine name of Italian origin, a variant spelling of Giovanna, the Italian feminine form of Giovanni (John). It goes back through Latin Johannes and Greek Ioannes to Hebrew Yochanan, a name built from Yo, a shortened form of the divine name, and chanan, "to be gracious." The customary meaning is "God is gracious."
The opening Gia- is a spelling of the same Italian sound written Gio- in Giovanna, and it matches the pattern of other Italian names that begin with Gia-, such as Giacomo and Giacinta. In English-speaking use the first syllable is frequently read as "jee," so the name is pronounced differently from its parent form, Giovanna. The short name Gia is sometimes given as a related or shortened form, but the derivation of Giavanna itself is from Giovanna.
Giavanna Name History & Origins
Giovanna has been used in Italy since the Middle Ages and is the Italian equivalent of English Joan and Jane. It was borne by Saint Giovanna (Joanna), a follower of Jesus mentioned in the Gospels, by Giovanna of Naples, a fourteenth-century queen, and it appears in Italian references to Joan of Arc as Giovanna d'Arco. That Italian tradition is the background for the variant Giavanna, which shares the same root rather than having a separate origin.
Giavanna is a respelling of Giovanna and is found chiefly in modern Italian and Italian-American use, where the Gia- beginning is a familiar spelling pattern in names and where the initial syllable is often said as "jee." Its appearance in English-speaking countries belongs to the wider adoption of Italian names, including Giovanna and the shorter Gianna. Documentation for Giavanna as a distinct form, apart from the parent Giovanna, is limited.
How Popular is the Name Giavanna?
Giavanna recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2021. Its best rank was #925 in 2021.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,061 | 231 | 0.0144% |
| 2024 | #1,114 | 219 | 0.0136% |
| 2023 | #1,037 | 244 | 0.0152% |
| 2022 | #1,052 | 242 | 0.0148% |
| 2021 | #925 | 287 | 0.0175% |
| 2020 | #937 | 274 | 0.0170% |
| 2019 | #1,127 | 215 | 0.0128% |
| 2018 | #985 | 268 | 0.0158% |
| 2017 | #1,054 | 243 | 0.0141% |
| 2016 | #1,128 | 225 | 0.0127% |
| 2015 | #991 | 272 | 0.0152% |
| 2014 | #1,132 | 222 | 0.0124% |
| 2013 | #934 | 271 | 0.0154% |
| 2012 | #1,141 | 216 | 0.0123% |
| 2011 | #1,069 | 231 | 0.0131% |
| 2010 | #1,048 | 237 | 0.0133% |
| 2009 | #1,119 | 227 | 0.0124% |
| 2008 | #1,232 | 205 | 0.0108% |
| 2007 | #1,184 | 215 | 0.0112% |
| 2006 | #1,145 | 214 | 0.0113% |
| 2005 | #1,158 | 200 | 0.0108% |
| 2004 | #1,154 | 196 | 0.0107% |
| 2003 | #1,260 | 166 | 0.0091% |
| 2002 | #1,386 | 139 | 0.0077% |
| 2001 | #1,388 | 137 | 0.0076% |
| 2000 | #1,521 | 120 | 0.0066% |
| 1999 | #1,639 | 102 | 0.0058% |
| 1998 | #1,931 | 79 | 0.0045% |
| 1997 | #2,786 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 1996 | #3,317 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1995 | #2,941 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 1994 | #3,928 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1993 | #3,714 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1992 | #5,343 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1991 | #4,702 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1990 | #4,154 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1989 | #5,121 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1988 | #6,403 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #10,291 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #9,948 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #11,231 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #10,966 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #8,329 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #11,052 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #9,362 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #9,781 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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