Given name & surname
Desiderio
“one who is desired; hoped for”
Desiderio is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “one who is desired; hoped for.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is desired; hoped for.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Desiderio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 650
- 650 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #5,924 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +31%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,924 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 30.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 977 as a first name in 2020; 2,147 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.
Desiderio’s family of names
Desiderio shares a linguistic root with Didier. Desiderio has a related form in Desi. In Esperanto usage, Desiderio has a conventional equivalent in the French form Didier.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 23
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Desiderio
- Desi ArnazCuban-born American musician, actor and television producer (1917-1986)
- Desi Arnaz Jr.American actor and musicianborn 1953
- Desiderio da SettignanoItalian artist (1430-1464)
- Desiderio ScagliaItalian cardinal1568–1639
- Desiderio AriasDominican soldier and caudillo1872–1931
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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