Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Esco isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1901. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Esco through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 309
- 309 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,596 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,596 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 148 as a first name in 2020; 822 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.
Esco’s family of names
Esco may belong to the same name family as ESSCO. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Esco, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Enrico
“home” · “power”
>99% boys
Vasco
“resembling a crow”
>99% boys
Arno
“an eagle-wolf”
>99% boys
Einer
“a leading warrior”
>99% boys
Osborne
“a bear of God”
>99% boys
Elroy
“a red-haired young man” · “a king”
>99% boys
Ilo
Ilo is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “of the sunshine; filled with joy Пloe, Ilow, Ilowe.”
77% boys · 23% girls
Isadore
“a gift from the goddess Isis”
80% boys · 20% girls