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 [ syll. gio-van-na, gi-ova-nna ] The girl name Giovanna is pronounced JH-owVAAN-ah KEY. Giovanna's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in the Italian language. A form of the name is the Italian Giovannia. In addition, Giovanna is a form (Italian) of the English Jane. Giovanna is also a form (Italian) of the English and Scottish Jean. Other variants of Giovanna include the short forms Gia (Italian), Gianna (Italian), and Vanna (Italian). See also the related form, the Italian Giovanni. Giovanna is a somewhat popular baby girl name. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. Its usage peaked modestly in 2005 with 0.020% of baby girls being given the name Giovanna. It had a ranking of #682 then. In 2008, it ranked at #780 with a usage of 0.018%. Among the family of girl names directly linked to Giovanna, the Italian Gianna was the most regularly used. It was more commonly used than Giovanna by 10 times in 2008. Baby names that sound like Giovanna include the English Jovanna, the German Jakobine, the English Josaphine, the Scandinavian Josefin, the German Josefine, the English Josephene, the English Josephin, the English Josephine, the English Josephyne, the French Joséphine, the Slavic Jovana, the English Joyvina, the Italian Giovanni, the Italian Giovannia, the Italian Giuseppina, the Spanish Josefina, the English Josephina, the English Josephyna, the English Josphine, and the English Jovan. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Giovanna: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
