In recent years (since 1999) Curzio has been used alternatively every year. It peaked in popularity in 2005 and reached the #2,273 position for newborns (4 babies named Curzio that year). Later it has been used rarely, just two or one baby each year.
Curzio Gonzaga (1530–1599) was an Italian diplomat and writer. Curzio da Marignolle (1546–1606) was an Italian writer. Curzio Inghirami (1614—1655), was an Italian archaeologist and historian, but also a forger of Etruscan artifacts.Curzio Malaparte (1898–1957), born Kurt Erich Suckert, was an Italian writer, filmmaker, war correspondent and diplomat. Malaparte is best known outside Italy due to his works 'Kaputt' (1944) and 'La pelle' (1949). The former is a semi-fictionalised account of the Eastern Front during the Second World War and the latter is an account focusing on morality in the immediate post-war period of Naples (it was placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum).Curzio Longoni (born 1899) was an Italian footballer.