Entry № 2036 · Italian origin

Gioconda Gioconda — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ jo-KON-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Italian
Meaning
"Joyful, cheerful"
Syllables
4
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Italian)

A name that means "joyful, cheerful".

Gioconda is the Italian word for "joyful" or "cheerful" — the same root as the Latin iucundus. La Gioconda is the Italian name for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (1503-1506) — properly known as Ritratto di Monna Lisa del Giocondo after the sitter's married name.

Gioconda is rare but iconic.

Joyful. The Italian Mona Lisa.

The name in its native script.

Gioconda
Transliteration
Gioconda
Pronunciation
/ dʒoʊˈkɒn.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Gioconda stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Gioconda · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Giocondas before her.

Real people
Lisa del Giocondo
Italian sitter of the Mona Lisa.
1479 – 1542
In fiction
La Gioconda
Heroine of Ponchielli's opera.
1876 opera

Names connected to Gioconda.

The number behind Gioconda.

4

The Builder

Gioconda reduces to four — the number of Italian joy.

Why families chose this name.

"The Italian Mona Lisa. Eight letters. Gioconda."
Sofia · Mother of one · Florence