Baby name
CLASSIC
🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 Tarcisio
/tar · SIS · yo/
Meaning
“Of Tarsus”
Latin Tarsicus, derived from Tarsus (ancient city), with late-Christian martyr Saint Tarscius popularizing the form in Italian tradition.
Nicknames
tarci · cis
Vibe
strongeleganttimeless
How it ages.
Tarcisio is a specifically Italian and Portuguese/Brazilian name, holding modest steady use in Romance-language regions; rare elsewhere.
The cultural moment.
Italy and Brazil maintained Tarcisio in moderate top-100 use through 20th century; minimal Anglophone adoption or modern growth.