"Giovanni" meaning in Italian

See Giovanni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /d͡ʒoˈvan.ni/
Rhymes: -anni Etymology: From Latin Iōhannēs, Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”). Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|Iōhannēs}} Latin Iōhannēs, {{der|it|grc|Ἰωάννης}} Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), {{der|it|he|יוחנן||Yahweh is gracious|tr=Yôḥānān}} Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”) Head templates: {{it-proper noun|m}} Giovanni m
  1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Giovanni-it-name-ruTyLtL6 Categories (other): Italian given names, Italian male given names, Pages with 2 entries, Books of the Bible Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 26 14 5 28 Disambiguation of Books of the Bible: 43 26 31
  2. John (biblical character) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Giovanni-it-name-7rq-7PW7 Categories (other): Biblical characters Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 12 53 35
  3. the Gospel of John Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Giovanni-it-name-yv9kxNQZ Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Individuals Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 26 14 5 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 22 12 4 41 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 26 12 62 Disambiguation of Individuals: 32 9 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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