Given name & surname
Anacleto
“called on, invoked”·“irreproachable”
Anacleto is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “called on, invoked” (Late Latin) and “irreproachable” (Late Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “called on, invoked” (Late Latin) and “irreproachable” (Late Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Late Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anacleto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 206
- 206 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 864 as a first name in 2020; 763 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.
Anacleto’s family of names
Anacleto has a short form in Cleto. In Italian usage, Anacleto has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Anaklet. In Italian usage, Anacleto has an affectionate form in Cleto.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anacleto
- Pope Anacletus3rd pope and bishop of Rome from c. 79 to c. 92 AD25–90
- Antipope Anacletus IIantipope 1130 to 11381091–1138
- Anacleto González FloresMexican Catholic martyr (1888-1927)
- Anacleto de OliveiraPortuguese priest (1946-2020)
- Anacleto Sima NguaEquatoguinean Roman Catholic bishop (1936–2018)
- Anacleto JiménezSpanish long-distance runnerborn 1967
- Cleto PavanettoItalian Salesian priest, latinist and hellenist (1931-2021)
- Anacleto de MedeirosBrazilian composer, conductor and instrumentalist (1866-1907)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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