Given name · also Latin

Icaro

Icaro is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Italian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Icaro comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Italian usage, Icaro developed from Ἴκαρος.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Icaro through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2019
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01232025Highest share 20190.0
Icaro in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2019–2025, 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 5 in 2019. 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.

Icaro’s family of names

In Italian usage, Icaro developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἴκαρος.

Walk Icaro’s family in the name graph

IcaroÍcaroἼκαρος

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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