Given name & surname · also Latin
Homero
“hostage”
Homero is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Spanish, Portuguese, and Esperanto.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Homero goes back to Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος, meaning “hostage.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Homero comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Homero developed from Ὅμηρος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Homero through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,763
- 3,763 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 82 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,694 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,694 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 82 in 1994. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,589 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Homero’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Homero developed from the Ancient Greek form Ὅμηρος. Homero has a related form in Homer. In Portuguese usage, Homero has a conventional equivalent in the English form Homer.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Homero
- Homero AridjisMexican poet of Greek descentborn 1940
- Homero ManziArgentine tango lyricist (1907-1951)
- Homero Gómez GonzálezMexican environmental activist, agricultural engineer, and politician1970–2020
- Homero Leite MeiraBrazilian bishop1931–2014
- Homero FranceschUruguayan/Swiss musicianborn 1947
- Homero Marín ArboledaColombian Roman-Catholic bishopborn 1959
- Homero CalderónVenezuelan footballerborn 1993
- Homero RichardsMexican racing driverborn 1976
- Homero Cárpenaactor (1910-2001)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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