Given name & surname
Diaz
Diaz is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English, Tagalog, Cebuano, Central Bikol, and 3 other languages.
Original SpanishDíaz
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Diaz as a surname developed from Díaz.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Diaz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 80
- 80 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 12 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 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 569 as a first name in 2020; 356,910 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.
Diaz’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Diaz as a surname developed from the Spanish form Díaz. In Hiligaynon usage, Diaz as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Díaz.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
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