Given name & surname
Aristeo
“the best”
Aristeo is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “the best.”
Original SpanishΑρίσταιος
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “the best.”
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 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aristeo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 898
- 898 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #5,880 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +104%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,880 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 104.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 2000. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,959 as a first name in 2020; 109 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aristeo’s family of names
Aristeo has a related form in Aristides. Aristeo has a related form in Aristide. In Spanish usage, Aristeo has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form ARISTAEUS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aristeo has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Spanishwhere Aristeo comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Αρίσταιοςvariant · Spanish, Ancient Greek
- Aristidesvariant
- Aristosvariant
- Aristidevariant
- Aristeidesvariant
- Aristiyovariant
- Aristeyovariant
- Aristovariant
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Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Arisrelated form
- ArisztaioszHungarian
- АрістейUkrainian
- АристейRussian
- AristeuPortuguese
- AristajosPolish
- AristėjasLithuanian
- AristaeusLatin
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People named Aristeo
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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