Given name
Giuseppa
“the Lord will add”
Giuseppa is a variant of Guiseppina. In Italian use, Guiseppina carries the interpretation “the Lord will add.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Giuseppa is a variant of Guiseppina. In Italian use, Guiseppina carries the interpretation “the Lord will add.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Giuseppa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 0 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1978. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 890 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Giuseppa’s family of names
In Italian usage, Giuseppa has a diminutive in PINA. Giuseppa has a related form in Guiseppina. In Italian usage, Giuseppa has a diminutive in Pippa.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Giuseppa has relatives in 3 languages.
9 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Giuseppa
- Giusy FerreriItalian singer-songwriterborn 1979
- Marcella BellaItalian singer (1952-)
- Giuni RussoItalian singer (1951–2004)
- Giuseppa Bolognara CalcagnoItalian patriot1826–1884
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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