Given name & surname
Braulio
“one who is glowing”
Braulio is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is glowing.”
Original SpanishLalo
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who is glowing.”
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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Braulio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,135
- 5,135 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 248 babies
- 2025
- 68
- #2,129 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 68 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,129 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 248 in 2005. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (20). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,526 as a first name in 2020; 139 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.
Braulio’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Braulio has a diminutive in Lalo. Braulio has a related form in Brauleo. Braulio has a related form in Brauleyo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Lalodiminutive · Spanish
- Bravliovariant
- Bravleovariant
- Bravileyovariant
- Bravileovariant
- Braviliyovariant
- Braviliovariant
- Brauleyovariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Braulio
- Braulio Rodríguez PlazaCatholic bishopborn 1944
- Braulio MussoChilean footballer (1930–2025)
- Braulio LunaMexican footballerborn 1974
- Braulio of Zaragozabishop of Zaragoza590–651
- Braulio NóbregaSpanish footballerborn 1985
- Braulio Carrillo ColinaHead of State of Costa Rica (1800-1845)
- Braulio GarcíaSpanish singerborn 1946
- Braulio LealChilean footballerborn 1981
- Braulio ArenasChilean poet, playwright, and novelist1913–1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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