Given name & surname
Graziano
“one who is dearly loved”
Graziano is used as a given name and a surname. One Italian interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
In Italian use, Graziano is used as a form of Gratien.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Graziano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 5 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 1922. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 170 as a first name in 2020; 6,712 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.
Graziano’s family of names
Graziano shares a linguistic root with Gratien. Graziano has a related form in Graciano. Graziano has a related form in Gracian.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 Graziano
- Graziano PellèItalian footballerborn 1985
- GratianItalian Roman-Catholic Church jurist (12th century)1070–1140
- Graziano MancinelliItalian equestrian (1937–1992)
- Graziano RossiItalian motorcycle racerborn 1954
- Graziano DelrioItalian physician and politicianborn 1960
- Graziano BiniItalian footballerborn 1955
- Graziano BattistiniItalian road bicycle racer (1936–1994)
- Graziano D'UrsoItalian baritone and essayistborn 1990
- Graziano CesariItalian football refereeborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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