Giacopo as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Giacopo

What is the meaning of the name Giacopo ?

The baby name Giacopo is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /dʒaˈkɔpo/ (jah-KOH-poh).

Giacopo is Hebrew in Origin.

Giacopo is a rare Italian masculine form in the Jacob/James family. It descends from Hebrew Ya‘aqov (“holder of the heel; supplanter”), via Latin Iacobus and medieval Italian Iacopo/Jacopo; its initial G reflects influence from the parallel Italian form Giacomo. In Italian, it is pronounced “JAH-koh-poh.”

Used sporadically in Italian records from the late Middle Ages onward, Giacopo sits beside better-known cousins such as Jacopo (borne by artists like Tintoretto, born Jacopo Robusti) and Giacomo. Variant and related forms include Jacopo, Iacopo, Giacomo; across languages, Jacob, Jakob, James, Jacques, Iago/Tiago, Diego, Jaime, Séamus, and Yakov. Rare feminine counterparts appear as Iacopa or Giacoma in hagiographic and medieval sources. The name carries traditional biblical resonance through the apostles James the Greater and James the Less, while its uncommon spelling lends a distinctive, old-world twist for modern use.

⚙ Giacopo is rarely chosen. In all, it turns up just 11 times, across 2 countries.