Santo
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning holy or sacred.
Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Santo by the numbers
Santo was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 116 babies in 1925, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Santo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Santossaints; spanish surname used as given name208 in the US (2017)
- Santipeace; a form of Shanti34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Santaholy, sacred; feminine form of Sanctus11 in the US (2017)
- Santy9 in the US (2017)
- Santinolittle saint; a form of Santo444 in the US (2017)
- Sandydefender of men; a form of Alexander105 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean holiness
Like Santo, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- ThiagoSaint James1,765 in the US (2017)
- Malcolmdevotee of Saint Columba804 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Santo
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