Given name & surname
Emeterio
Emeterio is a masculine given name from Spanish, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Spanish, Tagalog, and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Emeterio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 377
- 377 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,105 as a first name in 2020; 287 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.
Emeterio’s family of names
Emeterio shares a linguistic root with Medir.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Emeterio
- Emeterio GonzálezCuban athletics competitor (born 1973)
- Emetherius of Calahorra3rd century Christian saint270
- Emeterio MugaSpanish politician (1877-1956)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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