Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Costas 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 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Costas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 285
- 285 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 9 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 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 558 as a first name in 2020; 1,158 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.
Costas’s family of names
In English usage, Costas has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Κώστας. In English usage, Costas as a surname has a related form in DACOSTA. In Greek usage, Costas as a surname is a transliteration of Κώστας.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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 Costas
- Costas SimitisGreek jurist, economist, academic and politician (1936–2025)
- Costas MandylorAustralian actor (born 1965)
- Costas FerrisGreek film directorborn 1935
- Costas KadisCypriot politicianborn 1967
- Costas MavridesCypriot politicianborn 1962
- Costas LapavitsasGreek economistborn 1961
- Costas KapitanisCypriot football refereeborn 1964
- Costas PhilippouCypriot martial artistborn 1979
- Costas TaktsisGreek writer (1927–1988)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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