Given name & surname
Belisario
“one who wields a sword”
Belisario is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “one who wields a sword.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who wields a sword.”
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 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Belisario through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 7 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 7 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 7 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 453 as a first name in 2020; 500 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.
Belisario’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Belisario has a conventional equivalent in the German form BELISAR. Belisario has a related form in Belisareo. Belisario has a related form in Belisareos.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Belisario has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Belisario
- Belisario Betancurformer President of Colombia (1923-2018)
- Belisario PorrasPresident of Panama (1856-1942)
- Belisario CorenzioItalian painter (c.1558-c.1640)
- Belisario DomínguezMexican physician and politician (1863–1913)
- Belisario CristaldiItalian cardinal (1764-1831)
- Belisario SalinasBolivian politician and lawyer (1833-1893)
- Belisario AcquavivaItalian writer, duke of Nardò, count of Conversano1464–1528
- Belisario SosaPeruvian politician1846–1933
- Belisario PratsChilean judge1827–1897
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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