Given name & surname
Caprice
“one who is impulsive and unpredictable”
Caprice is used as a given name and a surname. One Italian interpretation is “one who is impulsive and unpredictable.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “one who is impulsive and unpredictable.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caprice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,563
- 180 boys · 3,383 girls
- Most popular year
- 1966
- 116 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,565 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,565 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 116 in 1966. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,962 as a first name in 2020; 139 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Caprice’s family of names
Caprice has a related form in Capri. Caprice has a related form in Capricia. Caprice has a related form in Caprina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Caprice
- Caprice BourretAmerican socialite (born 1971)
- Caprice DydascoAmerican soccer playerborn 1993
- Caprice ColemanAmerican professional wrestlerborn 1977
- Caprice BenedettiAmerican actressborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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