Meaning of the nameIkaro

Male
Greek origin
I-ka-ro

Ikaro is a spelling of the name Ícaro.

Meaning

The meaning of Ikaro 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): 4,409
Rank in Brazil: #2,992
Median age: 10 years
2010 Census: 1,665; people

Ikaro in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ikaro, 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 (1,889 people).

46 women 4,363 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 Ikaro is most common

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

Sergipe 0.006%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.006%
Maranhão 0.005%
Amazonas 0.005%
Piauí 0.005%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	459	0.003%
São Paulo	410	0.001%
Pernambuco	352	0.004%
Maranhão	342	0.005%
Minas Gerais	315	0.002%
Ceará	315	0.004%
Pará	284	0.004%
Amazonas	193	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	182	0.006%
Goiás	155	0.002%
Piauí	147	0.005%
Mato Grosso	145	0.004%
Sergipe	135	0.006%
Paraíba	124	0.003%
Alagoas	107	0.003%
Paraná	100	0.001%
Espírito Santo	97	0.003%
Roraima	79	0.012%
Rio de Janeiro	76	0.001%
Distrito Federal	71	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	69	0.001%
Santa Catarina	63	0.001%
Amapá	45	0.006%
Tocantins	43	0.003%
Rondônia	40	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	33	0.001%
Acre	28	0.003%

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

The spelling Ikaro

The spelling with K, as in the transcription of Greek Íkaros; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists it among the Portuguese variants of Ícaro, and almost all of those recorded were born from the 1990s on.

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.

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 Ikaro

What does the name Ikaro mean?

The meaning of Ikaro 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 Ikaro in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,409 people with the first name Ikaro, which ranks it number 2,992 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Ikaro a boy's or a girl's name?

Ikaro is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 46 women and 4,363 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ikaro?

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

In which Brazilian state is Ikaro most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.006% of the state's population is named Ikaro (135 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ikaro?

Ícaro. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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