Giuseppe
An Italian name of Hebrew roots, from words meaning "God will add". In Poland it stays rare: around 700 men carry it, and hardly any boys are given it now.
Giuseppe Pronunciation
What Giuseppe means
Where Giuseppe comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Giuseppe is the Italian form of Joseph. Behind both stands the Hebrew name Yosef, which means "god will add," or increase. That sense reaches back to the book of Genesis, where the name marks a wish for another child after a first.
Italy made the name its own. It bound Giuseppe to Joseph the carpenter, the saint honored across the peninsula on the nineteenth of March. Giuseppe Garibaldi carried the name into the making of a nation. Giuseppe Verdi wrote it above operas still performed everywhere. The name traveled well.
In a Polish class register, Giuseppe would sit among the Józefs and stand out at once as a guest from the south. The Polish reading of the meaning is "niech bóg pomnoży," let god increase. That older Hebrew hope, a wish for more, survives under the Italian sound.
How many people are named Giuseppe
1 in 30278 men in Poland is named Giuseppe. 705 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1114 among male names.
Giuseppe's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Where Giuseppe is most popular
Giuseppe is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Giuseppe as a middle name
Giuseppe is a first name for 705 men in Poland and a middle name for another 165, an 81/19 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 544th, between Conrad (165) and Zachary (165).
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#542 Maxymilian166
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#543 Conrad165
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#544 Giuseppe165
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#545 Zachary165
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#546 Israel164