Find out how popular the first name Jacopo has been for the last 10 years (from 2001 to 2010) and learn more about the meaning and history.

Popularity of Jacopo by gender

Based on the last 10 years of data, Jacopo is exclusively a male name.

For the most recent data in 2010, there were 5 male babies and 0 female babies born with the name Jacopo.

The history of the first name Jacopo

The name Jacopo is the Italian form of the name Jacob, which has Hebrew origins from the biblical name Ya'aqov. The name Ya'aqov is derived from the Hebrew verb 'aqav, meaning "to follow" or "to be behind." In the Old Testament, Jacob was the son of Isaac and Rebecca and the younger twin brother of Esau.

The name Jacopo gained widespread use in Italy during the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods, particularly in regions like Tuscany, where notable figures like the artist Jacopo della Quercia (1367-1438) and the painter Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594) gained fame. Jacopo was also a popular name among the wealthy merchant families of Florence, such as the Medici family, which produced figures like Jacopo Salviati (1461-1533), a prominent banker and patron of the arts.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Jacopo can be found in the work of the 13th-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri, who mentions a character named Jacopo del Cassero in his masterpiece, the Divine Comedy. Another notable figure named Jacopo was Jacopo da Voragine (c. 1230-1298), an Italian chronicler and Archbishop of Genoa, who authored the famous collection of saints' lives known as the Golden Legend.

In the Renaissance period, the name Jacopo was borne by several influential artists and architects, including Jacopo Sansovino (1486-1570), a renowned sculptor and architect who worked in Venice, and Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-1573), an architect known for his influential treatise on the classical orders of architecture.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, notable figures with the name Jacopo included Jacopo Riccati (1676-1754), an Italian mathematician and Count of the Holy Roman Empire, and Jacopo Amigoni (1682-1752), an Italian Rococo painter who worked extensively in England and Spain.

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