Nunzio
James Maritato is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the ring names Little Guido and Nunzio. A high-school football player and amateur wrestler, he trained under Billy Robinson, making his professional debut in the early nineties.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Nunzio
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
James Maritato is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the ring names Little Guido and Nunzio. A high-school football player and amateur wrestler, he trained under Billy Robinson, making his professional debut in the early nineties.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Nunzio
The earliest SSA record of Nunzio as a baby boy name dates back to 1909, when 7 babies received it. 1923 was its biggest year on record, with 67 newborns named Nunzio — #821 in the national rankings. About 30% of every Nunzio on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Nunzio last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Nunzio
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Nunzio. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Annunziato
Names that sound like Nunzio
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About the name Nunzio
Nunzio is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1909 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Nunzio's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #821. Use the chart and map above to compare Nunzio's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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