Given name

Emidio

Emidio is a masculine given name from Late Latin. It is used in Italian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Emidio comes from Late Latin.

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How it developed

From Late Latin Emygdius.

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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

Emidio through the years

Babies since 1880
394
394 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1924
21 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
05101520192019401960198020002025Highest share 19240.0
Emidio in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1914–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 506 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.

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