Given name & surname
Americo
“ruler of the home”
In Italian use, Americo is a variant of Amerigo. One Italian interpretation is “ruler of the home.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Americo is a variant of Amerigo. One Italian interpretation is “ruler of the home.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Italian use, Americo is a variant of Amerigo. An origin associated with Amerigo is Italian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Americo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,911
- 2,911 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 106 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #8,955 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +43%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,955 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 106 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,290 as a first name in 2020; 124 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Americo’s family of names
In Italian usage, Americo has a related form in Amerigo. In Italian usage, Americo has a conventional equivalent in the German form Amalrich. In English usage, Americo was borrowed from the Spanish form Américo.
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Around the world
Americo has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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