Given name · also Late Latin
Eladio
“a man from Greece”
Eladio is used as a given name. One Spanish interpretation is “a man from Greece.”
Original SpanishEládio
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “a man from Greece.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Late Latin.
How it developed
Eladio developed from Hellas.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eladio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,813
- 1,813 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #4,905 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +90%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,905 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 89.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 42 in 1981. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,212 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.
Eladio’s family of names
Eladio developed from Hellas. Eladio has a related form in Eladeo. Eladio has a related form in Eladeyo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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.
People named Eladio
- Eladio SilvestreSpanish footballerborn 1940
- Eladio RojasChilean footballer (1934–1991)
- Eladio ReyesPeruvian footballerborn 1948
- Eladio DiesteUruguayan architect (1917-2000)
- Eladio Herreraboxer1930–2014
- Eladio JiménezSpanish road bicycle racerborn 1976
- Eladio ZárateParaguayan footballer1942–2026
- Eladio BenítezUruguayan footballer (1939-2018)
- Eladio SánchezSpanish bicycle racerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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