Giovanna

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Giovanna is an Italian feminine first name. It is the feminine form of the masculine Giovanni, which is the Italian equivalent of John. As such, Giovanna corresponds to names like Joan, etc.

From Wikipedia

Giovanna first appears in the data in 1904 and has been recorded in 118 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2005 with 408 babies (rank #681 that year). In 2024 it was given to 284 girls (rank #929). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Giovanna

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Giovanna yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

13,826

Total babies (all years)

118

Years in the data

408

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Giovanna

Giovanna Antonellifilm actor · b. 1976
Giovanna of Savoysovereign · b. 1907
Giovanna AmatiFormula One driver · b. 1959
Giovanna Mezzogiornofilm actor · b. 1974
Giovanna Trillinifencer · b. 1970

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1904	5	#2,001
1907	5	#2,186
1908	5	#2,242
1910	5	#2,560
1911	11	#1,490
1912	12	#1,653
1913	20	#1,286
1914	16	#1,684
1915	18	#1,832
1916	17	#1,983
1917	22	#1,674
1918	28	#1,511
1919	23	#1,716
1920	17	#2,210
1921	17	#2,226
1922	20	#1,983
1923	10	#3,216
1924	20	#2,026
1925	16	#2,322
1926	12	#2,780
1927	21	#1,908
1928	11	#2,853
1929	19	#1,910
1930	12	#2,595
1931	16	#2,051
1932	10	#2,910
1933	17	#1,930
1934	14	#2,225
1935	15	#2,141
1936	8	#3,222
1937	14	#2,236
1938	6	#4,022
1939	8	#3,246
1940	7	#3,635
1941	13	#2,449
1942	7	#3,881
1943	13	#2,607
1944	16	#2,236
1945	9	#3,228
1946	9	#3,499
1947	12	#3,128
1948	14	#2,746
1949	8	#4,010
1950	9	#3,778
1951	19	#2,340
1952	11	#3,443
1953	11	#3,552
1954	21	#2,401
1955	26	#2,133
1956	30	#1,982
1957	31	#1,965
1958	31	#2,000
1959	30	#2,072
1960	25	#2,396
1961	29	#2,209
1962	49	#1,613
1963	32	#2,102
1964	44	#1,757
1965	54	#1,521
1966	66	#1,337
1967	47	#1,669
1968	44	#1,787
1969	70	#1,375
1970	61	#1,572
1971	56	#1,648
1972	67	#1,448
1973	86	#1,227
1974	77	#1,355
1975	73	#1,432
1976	103	#1,141
1977	71	#1,531
1978	73	#1,525
1979	80	#1,484
1980	81	#1,485
1981	89	#1,386
1982	66	#1,707
1983	82	#1,431
1984	84	#1,391
1985	95	#1,367
1986	105	#1,287
1987	141	#1,085
1988	148	#1,069
1989	146	#1,134
1990	159	#1,101
1991	193	#975
1992	195	#979
1993	269	#765
1994	202	#932
1995	213	#891
1996	199	#964
1997	262	#794
1998	284	#759
1999	250	#861
2000	281	#809
2001	396	#638
2002	364	#691
2003	356	#719
2004	401	#686
2005	408	#681
2006	390	#722
2007	392	#744
2008	377	#778
2009	354	#800
2010	369	#752
2011	346	#785
2012	304	#878
2013	262	#962
2014	313	#873
2015	344	#816
2016	364	#779
2017	335	#815
2018	324	#837
2019	326	#834
2020	368	#743
2021	328	#842
2022	288	#940
2023	285	#930
2024	284	#929