Elio

Where Elio comes from

Elio hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1908
    Elio Vittorini born
    Italian writer and novelist
  2. 1912
    First appearance
    #1,885 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1951
    Elio Di Rupo born
    Belgian politician
  4. 2025
    Peak, #388
    818 babies named Elio — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Elio Di Rupo · Belgian politician, born 1951
  • Elio Vittorini · Italian writer and novelist, 1908–1966
  • Elio de Angelis · Italian racing driver, 1958–1986
  • Elio Petri · Italian filmmaker, 1929–1982
  • Elio Sgreccia · Catholic cardinal, 1928–2019

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.