Giovanni Forename
538th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,416,706 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy
Giovanni Forename Definition:
Italian (masculine) God’s grace, or God’s gift.
Giovanni Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 100% | 1,208,762 | 1:51 | 4 |
| Brazil | 100% | 28,595 | 1:7,492 | 917 |
| United States | 100% | 20,575 | 1:17,620 | 1,522 |
| Philippines | 99% | 14,222 | 1:7,454 | 1,101 |
| Mexico | 98% | 13,923 | 1:8,916 | 820 |
| Colombia | 100% | 12,870 | 1:3,712 | 456 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 11,765 | 1:2,567 | 380 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 10,184 | 1:807 | 178 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 8,156 | 1:585 | 118 |
| Germany | 100% | 7,494 | 1:12,901 | 786 |
| Belgium | 100% | 7,418 | 1:1,549 | 356 |
| France | 100% | 6,245 | 1:10,644 | 661 |
| Chile | 100% | 5,652 | 1:3,115 | 388 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,086 | 1:6,515 | 919 |
| England | 100% | 4,435 | 1:12,537 | 926 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 4,028 | 1:3,999 | 548 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 3,628 | 1:6,513 | 1,242 |
| Peru | 90% | 3,617 | 1:8,789 | 1,062 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,188 | 1:3,272 | 520 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,176 | 1:14,650 | 964 |
| Ecuador | - | 2,856 | 1:6,207 | 621 |
| El Salvador | - | 2,221 | 1:2,855 | 373 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,979 | 1:19,215 | 697 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,965 | 1:49,649 | 4,746 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,935 | 1:8,735 | 1,129 |
| Angola | 100% | 1,754 | 1:15,374 | 1,486 |
| Indonesia | 55% | 1,427 | 1:180,773 | 17,886 |
| South Africa | 99% | 1,286 | 1:42,405 | 4,605 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,196 | 1:8,864 | 978 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 942 | 1:3,769 | 391 |
| Suriname | 100% | 905 | 1:611 | 87 |
| Thailand | 100% | 874 | 1:80,167 | 7,297 |
| Ghana | - | 730 | 1:36,967 | 2,200 |
| Egypt | 100% | 672 | 1:136,757 | 5,674 |
| Namibia | - | 671 | 1:3,583 | 587 |
| Panama | 100% | 663 | 1:5,892 | 955 |
| Togo | - | 659 | 1:10,985 | 1,550 |
| Morocco | - | 655 | 1:52,441 | 2,146 |
| Nicaragua | 96% | 598 | 1:10,064 | 1,063 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 573 | 1:272 | 50 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 523 | 1:1,078 | 224 |
| Australia | - | 519 | 1:26,315 | 1,658 |
| Gabon | 100% | 481 | 1:3,915 | 840 |
| Portugal | - | 470 | 1:22,151 | 1,023 |
| Sweden | 100% | 363 | 1:27,157 | 1,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| San Marino | 100% | 349 | 1:94 | 10 |
| Malta | - | 273 | 1:1,573 | 323 |
| Croatia | 100% | 270 | 1:15,619 | 975 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 265 | 1:12,934 | 875 |
| Haiti | 100% | 235 | 1:45,647 | 3,097 |
| Aruba | - | 234 | 1:444 | 44 |
| Belize | 100% | 215 | 1:1,648 | 369 |
| Scotland | 100% | 194 | 1:27,579 | 1,167 |
| Ireland | 100% | 185 | 1:25,100 | 1,114 |
| Congo | 100% | 171 | 1:29,294 | 2,666 |
| DR Congo | 89% | 171 | 1:431,740 | 15,753 |
| Austria | 100% | 167 | 1:50,983 | 1,534 |
| Wales | 100% | 165 | 1:18,753 | 1,083 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 160 | 1:44,700 | 4,079 |
| Greece | 100% | 156 | 1:70,093 | 2,169 |
| Honduras | 100% | 152 | 1:58,010 | 2,471 |
| Paraguay | 96% | 152 | 1:47,611 | 1,836 |
| New Zealand | - | 140 | 1:32,400 | 2,083 |
| Kenya | - | 129 | 1:358,970 | 11,554 |
| Denmark | - | 117 | 1:48,286 | 1,870 |
| China | - | 111 | 1:12,306,809 | 59,809 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 103 | 1:209,811 | 8,769 |
| Argentina | 91% | 97 | 1:440,961 | 3,488 |
| Russia | 86% | 90 | 1:1,602,597 | 11,660 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Monaco | 100% | 82 | 1:469 | 76 |
| Japan | - | 79 | 1:1,620,077 | 18,143 |
| Mauritius | - | 77 | 1:16,854 | 1,755 |
| Czechia | 99% | 73 | 1:145,975 | 1,362 |
| Nigeria | 91% | 71 | 1:2,500,906 | 46,525 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 69 | 1:3,915 | 602 |
| Romania | 100% | 69 | 1:290,608 | 9,100 |
| Norway | 100% | 63 | 1:81,466 | 2,852 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Benin | 100% | 59 | 1:179,252 | 8,874 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 55 | 1:102,319 | 3,244 |
| Singapore | 100% | 54 | 1:116,427 | 7,626 |
| Libya | - | 49 | 1:126,965 | 743 |
| Mozambique | - | 49 | 1:555,987 | 1,346 |
| Finland | 100% | 48 | 1:114,233 | 2,535 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 46 | 1:53,451 | 2,125 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 44 | 1:692,044 | 27,306 |
| Gibraltar | - | 41 | 1:833 | 177 |
| Estonia | 100% | 40 | 1:32,884 | 2,271 |
| India | 100% | 40 | 1:30,371,949 | 621,251 |
| Hungary | 100% | 38 | 1:257,678 | 1,242 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Albania | 100% | 35 | 1:87,045 | 6,359 |
| Hong Kong | - | 32 | 1:242,273 | 3,429 |
| Iraq | - | 29 | 1:1,207,512 | 9,085 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 28 | 1:48,622 | 4,388 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 23 | 1:29,431 | 1,879 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 19 | 1:3,226 | 656 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 19 | 1:1,992 | 317 |
| Cuba | - | 18 | 1:639,253 | 3,236 |
| Algeria | - | 17 | 1:2,245,689 | 7,003 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Botswana | 100% | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Jamaica | - | 16 | 1:180,202 | 6,282 |
| Jersey | - | 16 | 1:6,249 | 672 |
| Oman | - | 16 | 1:256,792 | 3,659 |
| Turkey | 100% | 16 | 1:4,862,607 | 22,291 |
| Ivory Coast | 88% | 15 | 1:1,538,396 | 39,344 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 15 | 1:11,854 | 1,528 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 14 | 1:3,770,594 | 24,827 |
| Uganda | 100% | 14 | 1:2,925,494 | 32,970 |
| Israel | 95% | 13 | 1:646,378 | 11,150 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 12 | 1:153,596 | 1,669 |
| South Korea | - | 12 | 1:462,035 | 12,149 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 11 | 1:48,105 | 2,301 |
| Liberia | 100% | 11 | 1:401,096 | 11,764 |
| Iceland | - | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 10 | 1:1,774,684 | 14,586 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Senegal | 100% | 9 | 1:1,620,151 | 12,107 |
| Serbia | - | 9 | 1:793,969 | 5,658 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 9 | 1:2,641,076 | 57,947 |
| Afghanistan | - | 8 | 1:4,077,940 | 25,891 |
| Jordan | 100% | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 8 | 1:11,577,889 | 4,258 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 83% | 7 | 1:15,940 | 2,043 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 7 | 1:758,580 | 3,008 |
| Zambia | - | 7 | 1:2,264,971 | 21,963 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Guyana | - | 6 | 1:127,210 | 8,948 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Cyprus | - | 5 | 1:174,215 | 3,223 |
| Moldova | - | 5 | 1:712,228 | 3,885 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| North Macedonia | - | 4 | 1:522,689 | 9,487 |
| Maldives | - | 4 | 1:108,476 | 2,638 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 3 | 1:211,525 | 3,416 |
| Niger | - | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 3 | 1:5,141,272 | 76,754 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 2 | 1:4,076,157 | 155,819 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vatican City | - | 1 | 1:123 | 15 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Gióvanni (1) are calculated separately.
Giovanni (7,542) may also be a surname.
Giovanni Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Italian (masculine) God’s grace, or God’s gift.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Giovanni Forename Popularity
Giovanni Demographics
Average Male Giovanni Height
173.42 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 3,336 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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