Given name
Arcenio
“a manly man”
Arcenio is a variant of Arsenio. One Greek interpretation is “a manly man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arcenio is a variant of Arsenio. One Greek interpretation is “a manly man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Arcenio is a variant of Arsenio. An origin associated with Arsenio is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arcenio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 176
- 176 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 13 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 6 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 637 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arcenio’s family of names
Arcenio has a related form in Arsenio.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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