Caprice - Meaning of Caprice

What does Caprice mean?

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[ 1 syll. ca-pri-ce, cap-r-ice ] The baby girl name Caprice is pronounced Kaa-PRT-Z †. Caprice's origin and use are both in the English language. The name Caprice means 'caprice; whimsical; a lively piece of music'. The name is derived from the English word caprice, which could refer to a whimsical or impulsive character, or to a piece of lively music. The English word is itself derived via French from the Italian capriccio and ultimately the Latin caporiccio.

Caprice has 20 derivatives. Derivatives of the name include Caprece, Caprecia, Capresha, Capria, Capriana, Capricia, Caprie, Capriese, Caprina, Capris, Caprise, Caprisha, Capritta, Capry, Capryce, Capryse, Kaprece, and Kaprice. Another English derivative is the diminutive Cappi. The shortening Capri (Italian) is a foreign derivative.

See also the related categories, english, latin, word (element), lively (powerful), italian, french, and hair.

Caprice is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1966, 0.007% of baby girls were named Caprice. It had a ranking of #942 then. The baby name has experienced a drop in popularity since then, and is currently used only on an infrequent scale. Out of all girl names in its family, Caprice was nevertheless the most commonly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Caprice include the English Kaprece and the name Capritta.

† Pronunciation for Caprice: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"

A famous person named Caprice is Caprice Bourret, Model, born 24 October 1971, Whittier, California.