Given name
Omero
Omero is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Omero through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 474
- 474 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 19 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 9 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 809 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.
Omero’s family of names
In Italian usage, Omero has a conventional equivalent in the English form Homer.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Omero
- Omero TognonItalian footballer and manager (1924–1990)
- Omero AntonuttiItalian actor (1935-2019)
- Omero Bonoligymnast (1909–1985)
- Luciano FolgoreItalian poet and author (1888-1966)
- Omero CarmelliniItalian footballer (1921–1997)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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