Enzo

Boy · Italian

Enzo

Say it: EN-tsoh

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Meaning

Usually a short form of names ending in -enzo, such as Lorenzo or Vincenzo; the medieval King Enzo of Sardinia's name came from German Heinz.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Very popular in Brazil and Argentina since the 2000s.

Its wave through time

Rising now

In the United States

00.511.518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2020per 1,000 babies of that sex
  • 16,189 babies given this name since 1915
  • At its height in 2020, about 1 in 775 boys
  • 2,209 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

FrenchItalianBrazilianArgentine

The family of the name

ItalianEnzo

Famous bearers

  • Enzo Ferrari, founder of Ferrari
  • Enzo of Sardinia, son of Emperor Frederick II

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Where this comes from

  • National birth statistics of European countries source
  • Royal and noble genealogies
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.