Given name & surname
Generoso
“one who is generous”
Generoso is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is generous.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who is generous.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Generoso through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 64
- 64 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 8 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 6 in 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 546 as a first name in 2020; 438 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.
Generoso’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Generoso has a diminutive in GENER. Generoso has a related form in Generos. Generoso has a related form in Generoseo.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Generoso
- Generoso PompaItalian painterborn 1952
- Jerry GrayAmerican violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1915-1976)
- Generoso RossiItalian footballerborn 1979
- Generoso DattiloItalian association football referee1902–1976
- Generoso PopeNewspaper publisher1891–1950
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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