Male name

Giacomo

367 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2007. Expression number: 9.

Origin

From the Latin Iacobus, in turn from the Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Ya'akov), which literally means "he will heel", from the Hebrew verb עָקַב ('akáv), "heel". The meaning could alternatively be read as "(God) has protected".

Translated by Arcanes from the Italian Wikizionario, entry “Giacomo”, text and translation under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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How many babies received it

From the official birth registers.

In England and Wales

250200020102020

Peak in 2007: 25 births. 367 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 2005. It is still given: 42 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Elsewhere in the world

The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.

CountryBirthsPeriodBest rank
Switzerland1,921*1915–2025—
France7051900–2025—

* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.

Source: Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0.

The numbers of the name

Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.

G7I9A1C3O6M4O6

■ vowel · ■ consonant

Expression

All the letters: talents, the way you act.

9

humanity, generosity, completion

7 + 9 + 1 + 3 + 6 + 4 + 6 = 36 → 9

Soul

The vowels: what drives you deep down.

22

the large-scale builder (master number)

9 + 1 + 6 + 6 = 22

Personality

The consonants: what others notice first.

5

freedom, change, movement

7 + 3 + 4 = 14 → 5

Digits missing from the name
2, 5, 8
Most frequent digit
6 · responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
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Your name and theirs

The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.