Giuseppina
Feminine · “he will add”
Italian builds affection in layers. Giuseppe gives Giuseppina, Giuseppina gives Peppina, Peppina gives Pina and Peppa. Run the same machinery on the masculine and you get Beppe, Peppe, Pino — and Geppetto, which is why the old man who carves Pinocchio has a name that is just a very worn-down Joseph.
How old is the name Giuseppina?
Giuseppina first appears in US birth records in 1908 — 117 years ago. The typical Giuseppina alive today was born around 1977, making them about 48 years old. About 700 people named Giuseppina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Giuseppina most popular?
Giuseppina peaked in 1908, reaching #2101 nationally. Today it ranks #10917, 8,816 places below that high. See the whole 1908 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yosef to Giuseppina
The story of Giuseppina
Italian diminutive endings can be stacked, and they change what a name is for rather than what it means: -ino and -ina are small or dear, -etto and -etta smaller still, -one large, -uccio affectionate and slightly rough. Giuseppe was for centuries the commonest man's name in Italy, so it accumulated more of these than almost any other word in the language, and the feminine did too. What is unusual is how far some of the forms traveled from the original. Geppetto is Giuseppe worn down through two suffixes; Pina and Peppa are the tail end of Giuseppina. A speaker hears the connection instantly; a reader in English does not, which is the whole charm of the system.
Meaning
he will add
Giuseppina is the Italian feminine diminutive of Giuseppe, which is Joseph, from Hebrew Yosef, he will add or may he add. The -ina ending is Italian and carries smallness or endearment rather than any meaning of its own.
How the name formed
- Yosef
- Ioseph
- Giuseppe
- Giuseppina
Related forms: Josefina · Josephine · Josefina · Yosefa
Pronouncing Giuseppina
joo-zeh-PEE-nah
Four syllables, stress on the third. The giu is one syllable — j as in jam, then a glide — not gee-oo. English speakers reliably add a syllable at the front, which is the main thing to correct.
Nicknames for Giuseppina
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1908
- Most girls named
- 197434 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2101reached in 1908
- Change vs 2024
- +33.3%8 in 2025, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Giuseppina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Josefina in Spanish — same name
- Josephine in French — same name
- Josefina in Portuguese — same name
- Yosefa in Hebrew — related form
Giuseppinas among us
people named Giuseppina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 200,908 born in 2025 was named Giuseppina
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Giuseppina sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Giuseppina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Giuseppina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Hebrew meaning that has survived unchanged through Greek, Latin and Italian.
- Four short forms of genuinely different registers, from formal to intimate.
- It is unmistakably Italian, which for a family with that history is the whole point.
- Ten letters and four syllables: in America it will be spelled out, mispronounced and shortened.
- The giu at the front is the single hardest thing about it for English speakers.
- It is strongly represented among older generations in Italy and reads as a grandmother's name there.
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Frequently asked
- How many Giuseppinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Giuseppina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Giuseppina in 2025?
- Giuseppina ranks #10917 among US girl names in 2025, with 8 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Giuseppina?
- About 1 in every 200,908 US girls born in 2025 was named Giuseppina — 8 in all.
- Will my child share the name Giuseppina with classmates?
- Giuseppina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Giuseppina
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