Entry № 1755 · Italian origin

Capri Capri — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-PREE /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Italian
Meaning
"Iconic Italian Mediterranean island"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Italian)

A name that means "iconic italian mediterranean island".

Capri is from the Italian — referring to the iconic island of Capri in the Bay of Naples, Italy. Capri (modern American naming) — the name has surged in popularity since 2010 due to broader American taste for Italian-resonant place names; ranked in the US top-1000 since 2017. Princess Capri — modern Italian heritage naming.

Iconic Italian Mediterranean island — a Italian name.

The name in its native script.

Capri
Transliteration
Capri
Pronunciation
/ kəˈpriː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Capri stands.

Capri does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Capris before her.

Real people

In fiction
Capri Island
Iconic Italian Mediterranean island.

Names connected to Capri.

The number behind Capri.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Capri reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.