Fun Facts About the Name Elicio
- 49 babies named Elicio: U.S. records list 49 babies given the name Elicio from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Elicio Mean?
Elicio is a masculine given name used mainly in Spanish and Italian, with a Portuguese form, Elício. It is generally traced to the Latin Elicius, meaning "the one who draws out" or "the one who elicits," from the verb elicere ("to draw out, to entice"). That verb is built from ex- ("out") and lacere ("to lure, to entice"), so the literal sense is about pulling or calling something forth rather than about a quality or trait. In Roman religion Elicius was an epithet of Jupiter, addressed as Iuppiter Elicius; the name and the ritual idea of drawing a sign or a bolt of lightning out of the sky come from the same root.
Elicio Name History & Origins
Elicius is recorded in Roman tradition as a title of Jupiter. The scholar Varro and the poet Ovid both describe King Numa Pompilius using rites to draw lightning from Jupiter Elicius; in Ovid's account in the Fasti, the king's attempt to outwit the god ends badly. Because the epithet comes from elicere, the religious sense - drawing a sign or lightning out of the heavens - and the plain sense of the word are the same idea.
From this Latin name came the Romance forms, including Italian and Spanish Elicio and Portuguese Elício. The given name has always been uncommon, and the path from the Latin Elicius to the modern forms is not documented step by step. A well-known literary use is the shepherd Elicio, a central character in Miguel de Cervantes's pastoral novel La Galatea (1585); this is a notable appearance of the name in fiction, not evidence of where or when the name began, and it should not be confused with the name's earliest record.
How Popular is the Name Elicio?
Elicio has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2012. Its best rank was #8,353 in 2012.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,566 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #11,272 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #12,701 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #12,685 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #8,353 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #12,839 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #9,034 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #9,453 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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