Given name & surname · also Latin
Aniceto
“one who remains unconquered”
Aniceto is a variant of Aniketos. One Greek interpretation is “one who remains unconquered.”
Original Ancient GreekἈνίκητος
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aniceto is a variant of Aniketos. One Greek interpretation is “one who remains unconquered.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and Greek naming traditions.
How it developed
In Italian usage, Aniceto developed from Anicetus. In Italian usage, Aniceto developed from Ἀνίκητος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aniceto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 486
- 486 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1931
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,154 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,154 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1931. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,332 as a first name in 2020; 573 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.
Aniceto’s family of names
In Italian usage, Aniceto developed from the Latin form Anicetus. In Italian usage, Aniceto has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form ANICET. In Spanish usage, Aniceto has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Anicetus.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aniceto has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Aniceto comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Aniceto
- Aniceto ArceBolivian politician (1824–1906)
- Aniceto Esquivel SáenzPresident of Costa Rica (1824-1898)
- Aniceto dos Reis Gonçalves VianaPortuguese writer1840–1914
- Aniceto Guterres LopesEast Timorese lawyerborn 1967
- Aniceto UtsetSpanish road bicycle racer1932–1998
- Aniceto OrtegaMexican musician1825–1875
- Aniceto MolinaColombian musician (1939-2015)
- Aniceto LacsonFilipino general1857–1931
- Aniceto MarinasSpanish sculptor (1866–1953)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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