Meaning of the nameÍcaro

Male
Greek origin
Í-ca-ro

Ícaro is a male name of Greek origin, that of Daedalus's son in mythology; the meaning of the Greek name Íkaros is not known for certain.

Meaning

The meaning of Ícaro is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 78,458
Rank in Brazil: #393
Median age: 9 years
2010 Census: 31,869; people

Ícaro in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ícaro, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (28,356 people).

707 women 77,751 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Ícaro is most common

States with the highest share of people named Ícaro in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Sergipe 0.106%
Amapá 0.101%
Bahia 0.085%
Maranhão 0.080%
Roraima 0.080%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	12,036	0.085%
São Paulo	9,880	0.022%
Minas Gerais	6,798	0.033%
Maranhão	5,388	0.080%
Ceará	4,669	0.053%
Pernambuco	4,498	0.050%
Pará	4,396	0.054%
Rio de Janeiro	3,159	0.020%
Amazonas	2,822	0.072%
Sergipe	2,335	0.106%
Goiás	2,108	0.030%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,097	0.019%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,987	0.060%
Piauí	1,929	0.059%
Alagoas	1,804	0.058%
Paraná	1,766	0.015%
Espírito Santo	1,722	0.045%
Paraíba	1,479	0.037%
Santa Catarina	1,467	0.019%
Mato Grosso	1,337	0.037%
Distrito Federal	1,174	0.042%
Amapá	738	0.101%
Mato Grosso do Sul	649	0.024%
Rondônia	637	0.040%
Tocantins	613	0.041%
Roraima	506	0.080%
Acre	464	0.056%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Ícaro

Ícaro comes from Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros), through Latin Icarus, the name of the hero of Greek mythology, son of Daedalus, who fled the labyrinth of Knossos flying with wings made of wax. Wiktionary traces the Greek form to an older form *Wíkaros, of Tyrsenian origin, and Behind the Name says the meaning is unknown. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado, records the allusion to Ícaro in Os Lusíadas (canto IV) and lists Ikaro and Ycaro among the Portuguese variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 78,458 people named Ícaro, with a median age of 9; proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.

The accented form, the one Wiktionary records; IBGE does not use accents, so Icaro and Ícaro are counted together.

Other spellings of Ícaro

Spelling	People (2022)
Ícaro	78,458
Ikaro	4,409

Sources

Wiktionary: Ícaro · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Ἴκαρος · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Icarus · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ícaro · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Ícaro

What does the name Ícaro mean?

The meaning of Ícaro is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Ícaro in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 78,458 people with the first name Ícaro, which ranks it number 393 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Ícaro a boy's or a girl's name?

Ícaro is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 707 women and 77,751 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ícaro?

Ícaro is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ícaro most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.106% of the state's population is named Ícaro (2,335 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ícaro?

Ikaro. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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