Given name · also Latin
Alfio
“a white-skinned man”
Alfio is used as a given name. One Italian interpretation is “a white-skinned man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “a white-skinned man.”
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alfio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 203
- 203 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 315 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alfio’s family of names
Alfio has a related form in Alfeo. In Italian usage, Alfio has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Alfeusz. Alfio has a related form in Alfeyo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Alphaeusequivalent
- Alpheusequivalent
- Ἀλφειόςequivalent
- Αλφειόςequivalent
- AlfeuszPolish
- Alfeuequivalent
- Alfiusequivalent
- Alphiusequivalent
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People named Alfio
- Alfio BasileArgentine football player and manager (born 1943)
- Alfio RapisardaItalian nuncio (1933–2026)
- Alfio FontanaItalian footballer (1932–2005)
- Alfio Perabonisailor (1954-2011)
- Alfio VandiItalian racing cyclistborn 1955
- Alfio CaltabianoItalian film actor and director (1932–2007)
- Alfio ContiniItalian cinematographer (1927-2020)
- Alfio PivaCosta Rican politician and scientistborn 1940
- Alfio AnticoItalian singerborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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