Names That Mean Italy

You can't get more Italian than this name of the daddy of legendary twins Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome. A noted bearer is acclaimed Italian journalist and novel and short story writer Italo Calvino, author of Invisible Cities and <em?If on a winter's night a traveler. Trivia tidbit: Calvino was actually one of his <a href="https://nameberry.com/list/673/middle-names">middle names</a>.

Italo

A sunny and intriguing sounding name, Italus was a figure in Roman mythology, notably the father of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. In the legends, Italy was named after him, however, it has been suggested that Italus was in fact named for the region. The region in turn could have borrowed its name from the word Víteliú from the now extinct Oscan language, possibly giving it the meaning "land of the bulls".
 
While Italus has yet to be discovered, Italy has been on the rise for girls and recently appeared in the US stats for boys for the first time. Italian form Italo is also occasionally used, in both the US and more notably, Brazil.

Names That Mean Italy

The names

Italo

Italus