Baby name
STABLE
🇧🇷 🇮🇹 Giovani
/joh · VAH · nee/
Meaning
“God is gracious”
Italian and Brazilian variant spelling of Giovanni, from Hebrew 'Yohanan' meaning God is gracious; the single-n spelling is more common in Brazil.
Nicknames
gio
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
The single-n spelling feels Brazilian rather than Italian; generationally tied to the 1990s.
The cultural moment.
Common in Brazil through the 1990s and 2000s; plateauing now.