Gianpaolo
Giampaolo or Gianpaolo is a masculine double name, composed of the Italian names Giovanni and Paolo. Giampaolo or Gianpaolo is an apocopated and blended form of the name Giovanni Paolo. Giampaolo is the equivalent form of the English double name John Paul.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Gianpaolo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Giampaolo or Gianpaolo is a masculine double name, composed of the Italian names Giovanni and Paolo. Giampaolo or Gianpaolo is an apocopated and blended form of the name Giovanni Paolo. Giampaolo is the equivalent form of the English double name John Paul.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Gianpaolo
Gianpaolo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1975, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2005: 16 births, good for #5,032 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 35% of all recorded Gianpaolos. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2016 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 170 Gianpaolos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Gianpaolo
Gianpaolo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 170 births in the dataset. Gianpaolo's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #5,032. Use the chart and map above to compare Gianpaolo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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