Icare
Greek · Boy · 2 syllables
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About the name Icare
Icare is the French form of Icarus, derived from Greek Ikaros (Ἴκαρος), meaning "follower" or related to the root for "healer," though it is primarily known from Greek mythology as the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun.
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Etymology
Icare is the French form of Icarus, derived from Greek Ikaros (Ἴκαρος), meaning "follower" or related to the root for "healer," though it is primarily known from Greek mythology as the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun. The name is used in French and other Romance language-speaking cultures, with literary and cultural significance stemming from Ovid's Metamorphoses and the cautionary tale of hubris and mortality in Western European tradition.
Icare currently ranks #3,658 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 2012.
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