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Kaprice
How to Pronounce Kaprice
Pronounced kuh-PREES /kəˈpriːs/Medium
Meaning: Kaprice is a K-form of Caprice, the word-name from the French caprice and Italian capriccio, meaning a whim, sudden fancy or lively impulse. The K opening gives the playful word a more modern given-name look while keeping its spirited meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Kaprice is a respelled form of the word-name Caprice, which comes through French from the Italian capriccio, meaning a whim, sudden impulse or spirited fancy. The word gave its name to lively musical pieces and to a spirited kind of charm, and as a girl's name it suggests free-spirited playfulness. The K spelling appears in United States records into the nineteen-nineties, part of the era's fondness for word-names and K-swaps.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its high, so a Kaprice from then would be in her thirties today. It reads as a bright, spirited word-name, with the plainer Caprice the more familiar spelling.
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What does the name Kaprice mean?
It is a K-spelling of Caprice, from the French for a whim or lively impulse.
How do you pronounce Kaprice?
It's said kuh-PREES /kəˈpriːs/, two syllables stressed on the second.
Is Kaprice a boy or girl name?
Kaprice is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Kaprice?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its nineteen-nineties peak.