Given name & surname
Giuseppe
“God will add”·“God shall add”
Giuseppe is a form of Joseph. Yosef means “God shall add,” traditionally understood as a hope that God would add another son to the family.
Original ItalianGio
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Giuseppe carries the interpretation “God will add.” Giuseppe is a form of Joseph. Yosef means “God shall add,” traditionally understood as a hope that God would add another son to the family.
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Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
In Italian use, Giuseppe is used as a form of Joseph. Giuseppe is a form of Joseph. The shared background comes through Joseph: The English and French name continues the biblical Hebrew form Yosef. The idea of adding is part of the name’s original family context, rather than a later personality interpretation.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1905. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Giuseppe is a form of Joseph. The history of Joseph gives this family its wider story. In Genesis, Joseph is Jacob’s son who is taken to Egypt and later reconciled with his brothers. In the New Testament, Joseph is also the husband of Mary, giving the name a distinct place in Christian tradition.
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Giuseppe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,365
- 6,365 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 130 babies
- 2025
- 122
- #1,459 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +6%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 122 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,459 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 130 in 1975. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (21). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,160 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.
Giuseppe’s family of names
In English usage, Giuseppe has a diminutive in GIO. Giuseppe shares a linguistic root with Joseph. In Italian usage, Giuseppe has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Josef.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Giuseppe has relatives in 15 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
Italianwhere Giuseppe comes from · 18 names
Nicknames & forms 37
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Giodiminutive · Italian, English
- Pepediminutive · Italian
- Peppinodiminutive · Italian
- Pinodiminutive · Italian
- Iseppivariant · Italian
- Peppucciodiminutive · Italian
- Peppinettodiminutive · Italian
- Peppinellodiminutive · Italian
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- Peppenuzzodiminutive · Italian
- Pepponediminutive · Italian
- Geppettodiminutive · Italian
- Geppinodiminutive · Italian
- Peppodiminutive · Italian
- Seppediminutive · Italian
- Pinucciodiminutive · Italian
- Beppinodiminutive · Italian
- Peppediminutive · Italian
- Beppediminutive · Italian
- Guiseppivariant
- Guiseppevariant
- Giuseppivariant
- Giusseppelikely variant
- Peppiniellodiminutive · Neapolitan
- Pepìnadiminutive · egl
- Bepidiminutive · Venetian
- Bepediminutive · Venetian
- Guiseppeevariant
- Guiseppeavariant
- Guiseppyvariant
- Guiseppeyvariant
- Guiseppievariant
- Giuseppeyvariant
- Giuseppeavariant
- Giuseppeevariant
- Giuseppyvariant
- Giuseppievariant
- Beppopet form
Across languages 39
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Josephcognate · English, French
- Joseequivalent
- Yosefequivalent
- JosefGerman, Czech
- JozefCzech
- Jusufequivalent
- Iosifequivalent
- Josipequivalent
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- Josifequivalent
- Josepequivalent
- Giuseppafeminine form
- Seffequivalent
- Jožeequivalent
- Ossipequivalent
- Juozasequivalent
- Jožefequivalent
- Zéequivalent
- Józsefequivalent
- Joepequivalent
- Iosephusequivalent
- Ġużeppiequivalent
- ИосифRussian
- Gisèppicognate · grk-ita
- Τζουζέπεborrowing · Greek
- ΙωσήφGreek
- JoséPortuguese, Spanish
- JózefPolish
- Osypequivalent
- Jožkoequivalent
- Juozapasequivalent
- Язэпequivalent
- Giüsèppequivalent
- Jooseppiequivalent
- יוסףequivalent
- Josebaequivalent
- Osipequivalent
- Joosefequivalent
- يوسفequivalent
- Ἰωσήφroot · Ancient Greek
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Giuseppe
- Giuseppe VerdiItalian opera composer (1813–1901)
- Giuseppe GaribaldiItalian general, patriot and republican (1807–1882)
- Giuseppe ContePrime Minister of Italy from 2018 to 2021born 1964
- Giuseppe MazziniItalian nationalist activist, politician, journalist and philosopher1805–1872
- Giuseppe PiazziItalian Catholic priest, mathematician and astronomer (1746–1826)
- Domenico ScarlattiItalian composer, son of Alessandro Scarlatti1685–1757
- Giuseppe MeazzaItalian association football player and manager (1910-1979)
- Giuseppe ArcimboldoItalian painter of the late Renaissance (1527–1593)
- Giuseppe PeanoItalian mathematician (1858–1932)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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