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Primo

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Boy · Italian

Primo

Say it: PREE-moh

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Meaning

From Italian primo 'first', traditionally given to a first son.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

01020304018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1907per million babies of that sex
  • 843 babies given this name since 1907
  • At its height in 1912, about 1 in 30,700 boys
  • Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Italian

Famous bearers

  • Primo Levi, writer

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Where this comes from

  • Parish baptism registers
  • 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.