Cario
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Cario by the numbers
Cario was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Cario
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cario. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Carlofree man; Italian form of Charles27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Caiorejoice; from Gaius36 in England and Wales (2025)
- Carsonson of the marsh-dweller4,910 in the US (2017)
- Carlosfree man; a form of Charles3,058 in the US (2017)
- Chrisbearer of Christ; short form of Christopher459 in the US (2017)
- Cairothe victorious; from al-Qahira; place name used as given name93 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Cario
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