Given name & surname
Crisanto
“resembling the gold flower”
Crisanto is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “resembling the gold flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “resembling the gold flower.”
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 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Crisanto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 237
- 237 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,942 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,942 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,092 as a first name in 2020; 791 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.
Crisanto’s family of names
Crisanto has a related form in Cresento. Crisanto has a related form in Crisanteo. Crisanto has a related form in Crisantio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Crissantolikely variant
- Crisentovariant
- Cresentovariant
- Crizanteovariant
- Crisanteovariant
- Crizantiovariant
- Crisantiovariant
- Crizantovariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Crisanto
- Crisanto Luque SánchezCatholic cardinal (1889–1959)
- Crisanto GrajalesMexican triathleteborn 1987
- Crisanto EvangelistaFilipino politician1888–1942
- Crisanto EspañaVenezuelan boxerborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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