Nunzio

Where Nunzio comes from

Nunzio 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. 1894
    Nunzio Malasomma born
    Italian film director
  2. 1909
    First appearance
    #1,155 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1913
    Peak, #745
    39 babies named Nunzio — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1928
    Nunzio Gallo born
    Italian singer
  5. 1933
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,586.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Nunzio Gallo · Italian singer, 1928–2008
  • Nunzio Malasomma · Italian film director, 1894–1974
  • Nunzio Galantino · bishop from Italy, born 1948
  • Nunzio Sulprizio · Italian artisan, 1817–1836
  • Nunzio Filogamo · Italian actor, 1902–2002

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.