Given name · also Late Latin
Jacopo
“he will/shall heel”
Jacopo is a masculine given name from Late Latin, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jacopo goes back to Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ), meaning “he will/shall heel.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Jacopo comes from Late Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Italian usage, Jacopo developed from Ἰάκωβος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jacopo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 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 boys is 5 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2001.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jacopo’s family of names
In Italian usage, Jacopo has a diminutive in LAPO. In Italian usage, Jacopo developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἰάκωβος. In Italian usage, Jacopo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jacob.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jacopo has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
9 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jamesequivalent
- Santiagoequivalent
- JacobPortuguese, Spanish
- Thiagoequivalent
- Diegoequivalent
- Jaimeequivalent
- Yakovequivalent
- Seamusequivalent
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- JakobGerman
- Jacquesequivalent
- JacoboSpanish
- Giacomoequivalent
- Jimequivalent
- JakubCzech
- Yakubequivalent
- Jacobusequivalent
- Yaacovequivalent
- Jacoequivalent
- Yacobequivalent
- Jaumeequivalent
- יעקבequivalent
- Jakezequivalent
- Jokūbasequivalent
- يعقوبequivalent
- Jaakkoequivalent
- Yakupequivalent
- JacóPortuguese
- Яковequivalent
- Iacobusequivalent
- Jiminyequivalent
- Chaimeequivalent
- Jockelequivalent
- Séamusequivalent
- Jaccoequivalent
- Ἰάκωβοςroot · Ancient Greek
People named Jacopo
- TintorettoRenaissance painter (1518/1519–1594)
- PontormoFlorentine Mannerist painter1494–1556
- Jacopo PeriItalian composer and singer1561–1633
- Jacopo SansovinoItalian artist (1486–1570)
- Jacopo BelliniItalian painter1400–1470
- Jacopo BassanoItalian painter (1510–1591)
- Jacopo SannazaroItalian writer (1457–1530)
- Jacopo della QuerciaItalian artist (1374-1438)
- Palma VecchioItalian painter (c.1480–1528)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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