Given name & surname
Alvaro
“guardian of all”
Alvaro is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “guardian of all.”
Original SpanishÁlvaro
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “guardian of all.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alvaro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17,362
- 17,357 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 441 babies
- 2025
- 328
- #777 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 328 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 777 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 441 in 2000. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (90). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 34,180 as a first name in 2020; 1,465 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alvaro’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Alvaro has a diminutive in Al. Alvaro has a feminine form in Alvera. Alvaro has a related form in Alavaro.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alvaro
- Alvaro NačinovićCroatian handball playerborn 1966
- Alvaro VitaliItalian actor1950–2025
- Alvaro DiasBrazilian politician, Former federal deputy and former governor of the state of Paraná, Brazilborn 1944
- Alvaro MancoriItalian cinematographer (1923-2011)
- Alvaro Verweyassociation football playerborn 1999
- Alvaro BishajAlbanian footballerborn 1991
- Sebastian KruisDutch politicianborn 1989
- Alvaro EstrellaSwedish singer, dancer and choreographerborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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