Given name & surname
Arsenio
“a manly man”
Arsenio is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “a manly man.”
Original Ancient GreekΑρσενιος
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a manly man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In Italian usage, Arsenio developed from Ἀρσένιος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arsenio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,207
- 2,207 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 397 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,633 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +18%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,633 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 397 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,281 as a first name in 2020; 113 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.
Arsenio’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Arsenio has a diminutive in Arsing. In Italian usage, Arsenio developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀρσένιος. In Italian usage, Arsenio has a conventional equivalent in the German form Arsen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Arsenio has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 16
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ἀρσένιοςroot · Ancient Greek
- ΑρσενιοςAncient Greek
- Arsèneequivalent
- АрсенийRussian
- АрсенRussian, Serbian
- ArseniuszPolish
- ArsenijeSerbian
- Arzénequivalent
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People named Arsenio
- Paisios of Mount AthosGreek Eastern Orthodox monk and Saint (1924-1994)
- Arsenio HallAmerican comedian, actor and television hostborn 1956
- Arsenio Martínez CamposSpanish general and politician (1831-1900)
- Arsenio IglesiasSpanish football player and manager (1930–2023)
- Arsenio RodríguezCuban musician (1911–1970)
- Arsenios the CappadocianGreek monk1840–1924
- Arsenio ValpoortDutch association footballerborn 1992
- Arsenio GonzálezSpanish cyclistborn 1960
- Arsenio Lope HuertaSpanish writer and politician (1943-2021)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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