Given name & surname
Christiano
Christiano is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Christiano isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Christiano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 853
- 853 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 58 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #5,072 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,072 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 58 in 2014. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 823 as a first name in 2020; 1,604 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.
Christiano’s family of names
Christiano has a related form in Christian. In Italian usage, Christiano has a related form in Cristiano.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Christiano
- Tuka RochaBrazilian racing driver (1982-2019)
- AsprillaBrazilian footballer and managerborn 1981
- Christiano FrançoisHaitian footballerborn 1993
- Christiano JuniorPortuguese photographer (1832-1902)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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