Amerigo - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's name Amerigo \a-meri-go, am(e)-rigo\ is of Italian origin. Variant of Heimrich (Old German) "home ruler". It's fitting that the US, founded on the principle of home rule, should have taken its nickname of "America" from Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

Amerigo has 6 variant forms: America, Americo, Americus, Amerika, Ameriko and Amerikus.

For more information, see also related names Arrigo and Emery.

Baby names that sound like Amerigo are Aymeric, Aimeric and Emerich.

Amerigo is a very rare male first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Amerigo. Click here to compare Amerigo with related baby names.