Jacopo as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jacopo

What is the meaning of the name Jacopo ?

The baby name Jacopo is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced YAH-koh-poh (Italian IPA: /ˈjakopo/).

Jacopo is Hebrew in Origin.

Jacopo is the Italian form of Jacob/James, from Latin Iacobus < Greek Iakobos < Hebrew Yaʿaqov. The name is traditionally explained as “he grasps the heel” or “supplanter,” recalling the biblical birth story of Jacob; some scholars also link it to a protective theophoric sense, but that view is less accepted. Italian pronunciation is YA-ko-po. In Italy the name was common from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance, borne by leading figures such as the sculptor Jacopo della Quercia, the painter Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), Jacopo Bassano, the poet-mystic Jacopone da Todi, and the composer Jacopo da Bologna. Tuscan sound change produced the parallel form Giacomo, now more standard, while Jacopo (and the learned spelling Iacopo) preserves the older shape. Related forms include Jacob, Jakob, James, Jacques, Iago, Jaime, and Seamus; Italian offshoot Lapo derives from Iacopo.