Fun Facts About the Name Icaro
- 5 babies named Icaro: U.S. records list 5 babies given the name Icaro from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Icaro Mean?
Icaro is the Italian form of the Greek name Ikaros (Ἴκαρος), whose meaning is uncertain. The ancient name has no secure etymology in Greek and is not reliably explained as a compound of ordinary Greek words. Latin rendered it as Icarus, and Spanish and Portuguese use Ícaro. The name's associations with flight, ambition, and overreach come from the myth of Icarus, not from a literal translation.
Icaro Name History & Origins
In Greek myth, Ikaros is the son of Daedalus, the craftsman who built the labyrinth for King Minos of Crete. Daedalus made wings of feathers fastened with wax for himself and his son; Icarus flew too near the sun, the wax melted, and he fell into the sea. The story was retold in Latin as Icarus, notably in Ovid's Metamorphoses, and the name passed into Italian as Icaro and into Spanish and Portuguese as Ícaro.
The Italian form Icaro corresponds to Latin Icarus with the Latin ending dropped. The Spanish and Portuguese forms mark the first syllable with a written accent. In English, the mythological figure is usually called Icarus; Icaro is the Romance-language form of the name.
How Popular is the Name Icaro?
Icaro 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 2019. Its best rank was #12,864 in 2019.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | #12,864 | 5 | 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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How the Name Icaro Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Your tendency is to finish whatever you start. You like to use the pen or the needle (writing, fashion design etc). You are loving, compassionate, intuitive and humanitarian. Runs of luck, either good or bad, follow you. You are sympathetic, but at times might be touchy and oversensitive. You may have a gift for writing. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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