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Amerigo

am-uh-REE-goh

Rare & Uncommon ✦ Vintage

✦ Meaning

“Italian form of Henry, but known through explorer Amerigo Vespucci. Adventurous and worldly; a name that discovered worlds.”

Popularity Over Time

Amerigo US popularity rank over timeRank 5727 in 1972 to rank 980 in 1911. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#980#3354#572719101920194019601972

Amerigo is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

GermanicItalian

Syllables

4

Nicknames

AmiRigoRighe

Style

GrandRomanticLiterary

Famous Bearers

  • Amerigo Vespucci
  • America (the continent
  • named after him)

Collections

Works Everywhere → Literary Names → Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Vintage Revival →

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Amerigo

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Dante

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Cross-Cultural Notes

Italian-English-Spanish heritage

People Also Ask

Italian form of Henry, but known through explorer Amerigo Vespucci. Adventurous and worldly; a name that discovered worlds.

Amerigo is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. It's making a comeback as part of the vintage name wave.

Popular nicknames for Amerigo include Ami, Rigo, Righe.

Names that pair beautifully with Amerigo include Dante.