Caprice - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Caprice \c(a)-pri-

is pronounced ka-PREESE. It is of English, French and Italian origin, and its meaning is "whimsical, unpredictable". From Italian "capriccio" which originally referred to a feeling of horror causing the hair to stand on its ends (in Italian "capo riccio", meaning "hedgehog head"). The word later became associated with Italian "capra", referring to the stubborness of the goat. Capri, as in the Isle of Capri, is occasionally used as a given name.

Caprice has 5 variant forms: Capreece, Capri, Capriana, Capricia and Caprise.

For more information, see also the related name Kapri.

Baby names that sound like Caprice are Kaprice and Kapricia.

Caprice is a somewhat common first name for women (#2432 out of 4276) and also a somewhat common last name for both men and women (#87034 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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