Icarius as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Icarius

What is the meaning of the name Icarius ?

The baby name Icarius is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced Classical Greek: ee-KAH-ree-os (i-KA-ri-os); Anglicized: ih-KAIR-ee-əs (ih-KAR-ee-əs).

Icarius is Greek in Origin.

Icarius is a rare masculine given name from Ancient Greek Ikários (Ἰκάριος), Latinized as Icarius. Its etymology remains uncertain, likely pre‑Greek; it may be toponymic “of Ikaria,” the Aegean island, or cognate with Íkaros. Because of its myths, the name carries associations of hospitality, wine, and steadfast fatherhood rather than the hubristic flight linked to Icarus.

In classical sources it belongs to two figures: the Attic host who welcomed Dionysus and, after sharing wine with farmers who misunderstood its effects, was killed; and the Spartan Icarius, father of Penelope. Use of the name has been sporadic since antiquity and today is exceedingly uncommon, sometimes mistaken for Icarus. Variants and transliterations include Ikarios (Greek) and the Italianate Icario; feminine forms Icaria/Icária. Related forms or confusions: Icarus (English), Ikaros (Greek).

⚙ Icarius is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Icarius appears only 4 times in total — found in 3 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.