Given name & surname
Giancarlo
“one who is gracious and mighty”
Giancarlo is used as a given name and a surname. One Italian interpretation is “one who is gracious and mighty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “one who is gracious and mighty.”
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 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Giancarlo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,652
- 8,652 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 381 babies
- 2025
- 125
- #1,438 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 125 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,438 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 381 in 2008. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (18). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,305 as a first name in 2020; 239 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.
Giancarlo’s family of names
In Italian usage, Giancarlo shares a linguistic root with the French form JEAN-CHARLES. Giancarlo has a related form in Gyancarlo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Giancarlo
- Giancarlo FisichellaItalian racecar driverborn 1973
- Giancarlo EspositoAmerican actor (born 1958)
- Giancarlo GianniniItalian actorborn 1942
- Giancarlo AntognoniItalian footballerborn 1954
- Giancarlo GonzálezCosta Rican association football playerborn 1988
- Giancarlo De SistiItalian footballer and managerborn 1943
- Giancarlo BercellinoItalian footballerborn 1941
- Giancarlo BaghettiItalian racing driver (1934–1995)
- Giancarlo FerrariItalian archer (born 1942)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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