Capri

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Capri is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English82%

  island, Italy

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• Spanish8.2%

  capri pants

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Capri, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Sun
• Avalon
• Bristol
• Siena
• Bleu
• Aspen
• Giorgia
• Delphi
• Kaia
• Brooklyn
• Jovie
• Briar

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Capri is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Italy, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Italian

  Also written Caprì, Capri'

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Çapri, Caprì

• Portuguese given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States

  Also written Càprï

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Capri is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, oriundo da ilha de Capri; nome talvez de origem grega, etrusca ou latina

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, Capri (an island and town in the region of Campania, Italy)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, genitive singular of Caper

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Croatian, geogr. otok u Napuljskom zaljevu, 10,36 km 2 , 12.000 stan., čuvena Modra špilja

  as a word·Hrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Capri Cafarob. 1977USAmerican politician
• Capri Everittb. 2004CACanadian singer and children's activist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Is Capri a male or female name?

Capri is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

What does the name Capri mean, and where does it come from?

capri pants Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Capri?

A machine transcription gives /ˈkæpɹi/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does Capri have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 3.3 thousand people named Capri, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled capri.

Where is Capri most common?

Capri is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 102 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Capri?

In the United States, the national register counted 3,272 people named Capri in 2020, about 1 in 102 thousand residents.