Given name & surname · also Late Greek
Evaristo
“God is gracious”
Evaristo is a variant of Evan. In Welsh use, Evan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Original GreekΕβαρίστο
Meaning & origin
What it means
Evaristo is a variant of Evan. In Welsh use, Evan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
Evaristo developed from Late Greek Euarestos. The earlier name combines eu (“well, good”) and areskein (“to please, satisfy”).
The story
The name’s historical associations include an early pope, said to have been martyred under the Roman emperor Hadrian in about 107.
Evaristo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,889
- 1,889 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,457 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,457 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 35 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,750 as a first name in 2020; 741 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.
Evaristo’s family of names
Evaristo shares a linguistic root with Evariste. Evaristo has a related form in Evan. In Portuguese usage, Evaristo has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form EWARYST.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Evaristo has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Evaristo
- Evaristo CarvalhoSão Tomé and Príncipe politician (1941–2022)
- Evaristo Felice Dall'AbacoItalian composer and violinist1675–1742
- EvaristoBrazilian footballer and coachborn 1933
- Evaristo BaschenisItalian painter (1617-1677)
- Evaristo IsasiParaguayan footballerborn 1955
- Evaristo BeccalossiItalian footballer (1956–2026)
- Evaristo LucidiCatholic cardinal (1866–1929)
- Evaristo Pérez de CastroPrime Minister of Spain (1769-1848)
- Evaristo NugkuagPeruvian activistborn 1948
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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