Given name
Biagio
“one who has a stutter”
Biagio is used as a given name. One Italian interpretation is “one who has a stutter.”
Original ItalianBiaggio
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “one who has a stutter.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
In Italian use, Biagio is used as a form of Blaise.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Biagio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,054
- 1,054 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −69%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 33 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 944 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.
Biagio’s family of names
In Italian usage, Biagio shares a linguistic root with the French form Blaise. In Italian usage, Biagio has a related form in Biaggio. Biagio is a form of Blaise.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Biagio has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Biagio
- Biagio AntonacciItalian singerborn 1963
- Biagio MariniItalian violinist and composer1594–1663
- Biagio ConteItalian cyclistborn 1968
- Biagio BartaliniItalian botanist1746–1822
- Biagio MarinItalian poet (1891–1985)
- Biagio d'AntonioItalian painter (1446-1516)
- Biagio RossettiItalian architect1447–1516
- Biagio BellottiItalian painter, architect and musician (1714-1789)
- Biagio da CesenaPapal Master of Ceremonies1463–1544
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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