SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Icardo

Origin and meaning

Icardo is a very rare surname, it would seem that it originates in the province of Savona. Like Icardi, it could derive from the apheresis (suppression of the initial part) of the surname Aicardo, already documented in the ninth century as 'Agicardus' and 'Aicardus'. It derives from the Gothic name Aichar which means 'characteristic, original' and also 'strong, courageous, audacious'.

💡 The surname Icardo also appears as variant of the surname Icardi in other studies consulted in this project.

📍 You can view how this surname is distributed in Italy: View distribution in Italy (Cognomix)

Entry compiled from specialized sources on Italian surname studies.

Sources

This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary is based on the following specialized onomastic sources:

  • Research conducted by Surnames in Italy, the English-language project of Ancestros Italianos, based on the bibliography cited in the references.