Given name
Ceferino
Ceferino is a masculine given name. It is used in Spanish and Asturian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Asturian usage, Ceferino is a diminutive of Céfero.
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
Ceferino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 126
- 126 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 12 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 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 936 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.
Ceferino’s family of names
In Asturian usage, Ceferino is a diminutive of Céfero. In Spanish usage, Ceferino has a related form in Zeferino.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ceferino
- Ceferino Giménez MallaSpanish Romani catechist (1861-1936)
- Ceferino Namuncurábeatified Argentine (1886-1905)
- Ceferino GarciaFilipino boxer (1906–1981)
- Joker ArroyoFilipino politician (1927-2015)
- Ceferino DenisArgentine footballerborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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