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Boy Name: Amerigo

Name: Amerigo
Pronunciation: \a-meri-go, am(e)-rigo\
Gender / Sex: boy name boy
Origin: Italian
Related Names: Arrigo, Emery
Sounds Like: Aymeric, Aimeric, Emerich
Variant forms: America, Americo, Americus, Amerika, Ameriko, Amerikus

Description

Amerigo \a-meri-go, am(e)-rigo\ as a boy's name is of Italian origin. Variant of Heimrich (Old German) "home ruler". The US, founded on the principle of home rule, took its nickname of "America" from Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

Amerigo has 6 variant forms: America, Americo, Americus, Amerika, Ameriko and Amerikus.

For more information, see also related names Arrigo and Emery.

Baby names that sound like Amerigo are Aymeric, Aimeric and Emerich.

View a list of the 4 names that reference Amerigo.

Popularity

Amerigo is not a popular first name for men and an equally uncommon surname or last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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