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Meaning of the nameÍtalo

Ítalo is a male name of Latin origin, from Italus, the name of the legendary king said to have given Italy its name; the feminine is Ítala.

Meaning

“from Latin Italus, 'of Italy', the name of a legendary king”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Italo · Behind the Name: Italus

People (2022)
134,187
Rank in Brazil
#247
Median age
16 years
2010 Census
96,817
people

Ítalo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ítalo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (40,939 people).

1,042 women 133,145 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 Ítalo is most common

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

  1. Maranhão 0.142%
  2. Sergipe 0.134%
  3. Rio Grande do Norte 0.126%
  4. Roraima 0.122%
  5. Piauí 0.118%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo15,9570.036%
Minas Gerais15,1650.074%
Bahia12,8210.091%
Pernambuco10,4700.116%
Maranhão9,6410.142%
Ceará9,0670.103%
Pará7,3310.090%
Rio de Janeiro7,2250.045%
Goiás5,5200.078%
Paraíba4,3870.110%
Rio Grande do Norte4,1570.126%
Amazonas3,8610.098%
Piauí3,8560.118%
Alagoas3,0360.097%
Sergipe2,9510.134%
Distrito Federal2,8090.100%
Paraná2,4220.021%
Mato Grosso2,0800.057%
Espírito Santo1,9450.051%
Rio Grande do Sul1,9150.018%
Rondônia1,3680.087%
Santa Catarina1,3180.017%
Tocantins1,2900.085%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,0900.040%
Acre8670.105%
Amapá8600.117%
Roraima7780.122%

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

About the name Ítalo

Ítalo is a learned borrowing from the Latin Italus, according to Wiktionary, which gives Ítala as the feminine. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado, explains Italus as the name of an ancient king who, according to a legend told in Virgil's Aeneid, would have given his name to Italy; Behind the Name gives Italus as 'of Italy' in Latin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 134,187 people named Ítalo, with a median age of 16. Proportionally, the name is most common in Maranhão.

With an accent on the I, the standard spelling and the most common in the group.

Other spellings of Ítalo

SpellingPeople (2022)
Ítalo134,187
Ytalo5,026
Hitalo2,977
Itallo2,840

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Ítalo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Italo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Italus · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Italo · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Ítalo

What does the name Ítalo mean?

Ítalo means “from Latin Italus, 'of Italy', the name of a legendary king”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Ítalo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 134,187 people with the first name Ítalo, which ranks it number 247 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Ítalo a boy's or a girl's name?

Ítalo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,042 women and 133,145 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ítalo?

Ítalo is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ítalo most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.142% of the state's population is named Ítalo (9,641 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ítalo?

Ytalo, Hitalo and Itallo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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