Given name
Dagoberto
“born on a bright and shining day”
Dagoberto is a variant of Dagobert. One German interpretation is “born on a bright and shining day.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dagoberto is a variant of Dagobert. One German interpretation is “born on a bright and shining day.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dagoberto is a variant of Dagobert. An origin associated with Dagobert is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dagoberto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,732
- 1,732 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,918 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,918 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 30.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,532 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.
Dagoberto’s family of names
Dagoberto has a related form in Dagobert. In Italian usage, Dagoberto has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Dagobert.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Dagoberto
- Dagoberto FontesUruguayan footballer (1943–2024)
- Dagoberto MollUruguayan footballer and managerborn 1927
- DagobertoBrazilian footballer and managerborn 1983
- Dagoberto Campos SalasCosta Rican Roman Catholic priest, archbishop, apostolic nuncioborn 1966
- Dagoberto PortilloSalvadoran footballerborn 1979
- Dagoberto LaraCuban association football playerborn 1953
- Dagoberto CurrimillaChilean footballerborn 1987
- Dagoberto GodoyChilean pilot1893–1960
- Dagoberto QuesadaCuban footballerborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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