Giancarlo

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Giancarlo Esposito

American actor (born 1958)

Choose Giancarlo and your child shares a first name with Giancarlo Esposito, an American actor. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Giancarlo, like who?” Giancarlo Esposito's Wikipedia article is available in 52 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 13,661 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Giancarlo, 125 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Giancarlo would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryGiancarlo first shows up in US birth records in 1956, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 69 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2008, when it reached #641.
• 🍂TrendGiancarlo has slipped 227 places over the last five years and now sits at #1,436. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedGiancarlo is most popular in New Jersey, where it ranks #607, followed by Florida (#887) and Arizona (#927). It's in the top 1,000 in 4 states.
• 💬MeaningIn Italian, Giancarlo means “God is gracious, free man”. Our records link it to Hebrew and Italian roots.

About the name Giancarlo

Giancarlo is a boy name of Hebrew and Italian origin meaning “God is gracious, free man”. It has 9 letters and 3 syllables, starting with G and ending in “-rlo”. US birth records list Giancarlo for boys from 1956 to 2025, in 66 of those 70 years. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked #641 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #1,436, with 125 babies.

Origin:Hebrew namesItalian names