Given name & surname · also Greek
Calogero
“of fair old age”
Calogero is used as a given name and a surname. One Italian interpretation is “of fair old age.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “of fair old age.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
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
Calogero through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 597
- 597 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #4,886 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +27%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,886 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 26.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 758 as a first name in 2020; 534 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.
Calogero’s family of names
Calogero has a related form in Calogereo. Calogero has a related form in Calogerio. Calogero has a related form in Calogeros.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Calogero
- CalogeroFrench-Italian singerborn 1971
- Calogero VizziniSicilian mafia boss (1877-1954)
- Calogero Lo GiudiceItalian politician (1938-2021)
- Calogerus the Anchoriteeremite monk venerated by the Orthodox and the Catholic churches466–561
- Calogero RizzutoGerman association football playerborn 1992
- Calogero MarinoRoman Catholic bishop (1955-)
- Calogero ManninoItalian politicianborn 1939
- Calogero RizzutoItalian cultural heritage official1955–2020
- Calogero La PianaItalian priest and theologianborn 1952
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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