Given name & surname
Arcadio
“from an ideal country paradise”
Arcadio is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “from an ideal country paradise.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “from an ideal country paradise.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
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
Arcadio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,125
- 1,125 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,791 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +23%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,791 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,128 as a first name in 2020; 163 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.
Arcadio’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Arcadio has a diminutive in Kadyo. In Spanish usage, Arcadio has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form ARKADIUSZ. Arcadio has a related form in Arkady.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Arcadio has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Arcadiusvariant · English
- Arkadiusvariant
- Arkadyvariant
- Kadyoclipped form · ceb
- Arkadeavariant
- Arkadeevariant
- Arkadeyvariant
- Arkadievariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Arcadio
- Arcadio LópezArgentine footballer1910–1972
- Arcadio VenturiItalian footballer1929–2025
- Arcadio Larraona SaraleguiCatholic cardinal (1887–1973)
- Arcadio HuangChinese philologist1679–1716
- Arcadio MaxílomCebuan schoolteacher turned Philippine revolutionary general (1862–1924)
- Arcadio PovedaMexican astronomer (1930-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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