Giancarlos
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- jahn-KAR-lohs
- Origin
- Italian
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Giancarlos is a boys' name of Italian origin, meaning “God is gracious + free man”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Giancarlos mean?
Italian: Latin American form of Italian Giancarlo (Gianni + Carlo)
“God is gracious + free man”
Joins Gian, short for Giovanni (John), and Carlo (Charles), with a Spanish-style -s.
Is Giancarlos a girl's or a boy's name?
Giancarlos is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Giancarlos in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Giancarlos, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had fewer boys named Giancarlos than any year since 1990.
Half of all the boys named Giancarlos in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Giancarlos in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 49 | #2,510 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,023 |
| 2005 | 44 | #2,524 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Nicknames for Giancarlos
- Gian 16 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Giancarlos
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Maximus Juancarlos Thiago Josias Ares Diego Dangelo Josiah Azriel Atticus Xander
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Giancarlos: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/giancarlos, updated 20 October 2026.