Given name
Amilcare
Amilcare is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Italian.
Original LatinHamilcar
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Italian usage, Amilcare developed from HAMILCAR.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amilcare through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1914
- 6 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 6 in 1914. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amilcare’s family of names
In Italian usage, Amilcare developed from the Latin form HAMILCAR. In Italian usage, Amilcare has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Amílcar. In Italian usage, Amilcare has a related form in HAMILCAR.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Amilcare has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Amilcare comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
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.
People named Amilcare
- Amilcare PonchielliItalian composer (1834-1886)
- Amilcare CiprianiItalian anarchist (1843-1918)
- Amilcare MalagolaCatholic cardinal (1840–1895)
- Amilcare ZanellaItalian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1949)
- Amilcare PaulucciItalian aristocrat (1773–1845)
- Amilcare BerettaItalian swimmer and boxer1892
- Amilcare SgalbazziItalian bicycle racerborn 1955
- Amilcare CanevariItalian rower1905–1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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