Given name & surname
Genaro
“a dedicated man”
Genaro is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “a dedicated man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a dedicated man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Genaro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,669
- 7,669 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 152 babies
- 2025
- 62
- #2,268 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 62 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,268 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 152 in 2000. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (20). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,476 as a first name in 2020; 449 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.
Genaro’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Genaro shares an earlier linguistic root with ENERO. Genaro has a related form in Genaroe. Genaro has a related form in Genaroh.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Genaro
- Genaro SermeñoSalvadoran footballer (1948–2022)
- Genaro EstradaMexican politician and academic (1887-1937)
- Genaro García LunaMexican politicianborn 1968
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriArgentinian tennis playerborn 1998
- Genaro RodríguezSpanish association football playerborn 1998
- Jenaro Quesada, 1st Marquis of MiravallesSpanish Grandee (1818-1889)
- Genaro LeónMexican boxerborn 1960
- Genaro HernándezAmerican boxer (1966-2011)
- Blue PantherMexican professional wrestler (born 1960)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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