Giuseppe

Where Giuseppe comes from

Borrowed from Italian Giuseppe.
— Wiktionary's entry for Giuseppe
  • Italian
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1807
    Giuseppe Garibaldi born
    Italian general, patriot and republican
  2. 1813
    Giuseppe Verdi born
    Italian opera composer
  3. 1905
    First appearance
    #1,233 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1975
    Peak, #725
    130 babies named Giuseppe — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Joseph.
Namesakes
  • Giuseppe Verdi · Italian opera composer, 1813–1901
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi · Italian general, patriot and republican, 1807–1882
  • Giuseppe Conte · Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 to 2021, born 1964
  • Giuseppe Mazzini · Italian nationalist activist, politician, journalist and philosopher, 1805–1872
  • Giuseppe Piazzi · Italian Catholic priest, mathematician and astronomer, 1746–1826

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.