Versace
Gianni Versace S.r.l., usually referred to as Versace, is an Italian luxury elite fashion company founded by Gianni Versace in 1978. It produces Italian-made ready-to-wear and accessories, as well as haute couture under its Atelier Versace brand and licenses its name and branding to Luxottica for eyewear.
Meaning & Origin of Versace
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gianni Versace S.r.l., usually referred to as Versace, is an Italian luxury elite fashion company founded by Gianni Versace in 1978. It produces Italian-made ready-to-wear and accessories, as well as haute couture under its Atelier Versace brand and licenses its name and branding to Luxottica for eyewear.
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The Story of Versace
As a girl name
Versace first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2018, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2018: 6 births, good for #13,787 nationwide. Versace last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Versace first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1997, with 10 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1997: 10 births, good for #5,642 nationwide. About 50% of every Versace on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Versace last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 20 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Versace
Versace is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 20 births in the dataset. Versace's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #5,642. Use the chart and map above to compare Versace'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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