Given name & surname
Dago
“he who supplants”
Dago is a variant of Diego. In Spanish use, Diego carries the interpretation “he who supplants.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dago is a variant of Diego. In Spanish use, Diego carries the interpretation “he who supplants.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dago through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 169
- 169 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,398 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +62%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,398 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 398 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 73,871 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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