The baby name Americo is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /aˈmeɾiko/ — ah-MEH-ree-koh.
Americo is Germanic in Origin.
The baby name Americo is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /aˈmeɾiko/ — ah-MEH-ree-koh.
Americo is Germanic in Origin.
Américo (also spelled Americo) is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Italian Amerigo, transmitted through the medieval Latin Americus. Most linguists derive the name from a West Germanic compound of heim/haim “home” and rīk “ruler,” yielding the sense “home-ruler” or “ruler of the household.” A minority view links it to the Emmerich/Amalric family (“industrious, powerful + ruler”), a closely related Germanic root set. Variants and relatives include Amerigo (Italian), Emeric and Emery (English/French), Imre (Hungarian), Aimery/Aymeric (French), Emmerich (German), and Amaury (French).
The name spread in Romance Europe and the Americas after navigator Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512), whose Latinized name Americus inspired the continent name America. Américo has seen steady though modest use in Iberia, Brazil, and Spanish-speaking Latin America, often chosen to salute New World identity or family ties to exploration, with periodic revivals in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 0 | #52 | 1 | 2,706 | |
| PR | 0 | #54 | 2 | 1,497 | |
| LU | 0 | #65 | 2 | 2,830 | |
| AO | 0 | #72 | 6 | 2,729 | |
| JP | 0 | #76 | 2 | 4,057 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #116 | 581 | 7,951 |
| MU | 0 | #130 | 8 | 3,613 | |
| PA | 0 | #136 | 3 | 3,797 | |
| PR | Boys | 0 | #171 | 8 | 2,508 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #176 | 68 | 5,568 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #178 | 41 | 4,970 |
| UY | 0 | #180 | 3 | 2,477 | |
| AR | 0 | #189 | 5 | 2,915 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #190 | 1 | 4,850 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #204 | 162 | 8,477 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #215 | 2,360 | 14,506 |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #217 | 1 | 4,575 |
| PT | 0 | #226 | 21 | 4,161 | |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #230 | 5 | 5,842 |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #245 | 2 | 3,322 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #248 | 6 | 6,830 |
| PE | 0 | #265 | 46 | 6,350 | |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #283 | 15 | 7,909 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #291 | 119 | 5,922 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #313 | 168 | 7,628 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #313 | 404 | 9,244 |
| France | Boys | 1986 | #334 | 4 | 1,628 |
| GT | 0 | #335 | 4 | 5,948 | |
| BO | 0 | #337 | 45 | 6,868 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #351 | 460 | 13,390 |
| BR | 0 | #356 | 5 | 5,969 | |
| CL | 0 | #394 | 18 | 6,867 | |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #433 | 42 | 7,625 |
| MX | 0 | #442 | 4 | 8,339 | |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #447 | 35 | 9,305 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #467 | 5 | 7,952 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| CO | 0 | #506 | 5 | 7,768 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #508 | 3 | 10,188 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #518 | 1 | 9,861 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #536 | 1 | 6,731 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #561 | 198 | 12,213 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #630 | 1 | 8,289 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #646 | 1,166 | 10,046 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #648 | 4 | 9,488 |
| IT | 0 | #677 | 38 | 4,183 | |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #751 | 235 | 16,355 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #759 | 163 | 15,656 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #819 | 112 | 5,610 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #886 | 7 | 7,044 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #909 | 7 | 14,098 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #923 | 21 | 14,861 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #936 | 17 | 5,697 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #939 | 13 | 5,873 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #969 | 211 | 25,619 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,122 | 20 | 25,928 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,151 | 2 | 16,140 |
| MA | 0 | #1,198 | 2 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,232 | 3 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,265 | 3 | 17,781 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,435 | 12 | 9,415 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Americo is popular in 35 countries — most recent births per country:
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