Given name & surname
Tullio
“a lively man”
Tullio is a variant of Tulio. One Spanish interpretation is “a lively man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tullio is a variant of Tulio. One Spanish interpretation is “a lively man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tullio is a variant of Tulio. An origin associated with Tulio is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tullio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 150
- 150 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 15 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 5 in 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 192 as a first name in 2020; 465 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.
Tullio’s family of names
In Italian usage, Tullio shares a linguistic root with the Portuguese form Túlio. Tullio has a related form in Tulio. In Italian usage, Tullio has a related form in TULLO.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Tullio
- Tullio Levi-CivitaItalian mathematician and physicist (1873–1941)
- Tullio ReggeItalian physicist (1931–2014)
- Tullio SerafinItalian conductor (1878–1968)
- Tullio PinelliItalian screenwriter (1908–2009)
- Tullio Bozzafencer (1891–1922)
- Tullio LombardoItalian sculptor (1455-1532)
- Tullio BaragliaItalian rower1934–2017
- Tullio LaneseItalian football referee (1947–2025)
- Tullio GrassiSwiss footballer (1910-1985)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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