Given name & surname
Innocent
“one who is innocent”
Innocent is a variant of Innocenzio. One Italian interpretation is “one who is innocent.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Innocent is a variant of Innocenzio. One Italian interpretation is “one who is innocent.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Innocent is a variant of Innocenzio. An origin associated with Innocenzio is Italian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Innocent through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76
- 71 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,239 as a first name in 2020; 1,959 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.
Innocent’s family of names
Innocent has a related form in Innocenzio.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Inocencioequivalent
- Inocencequivalent
- Innocentyequivalent
- Inocentequivalent
- Innokentyequivalent
- Innozenzequivalent
- Иннокентийequivalent
- Innocentiusequivalent
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People named Innocent
- Innocent of AlaskaRussian bishop and saint (1797–1879)
- 2BabaNigerian singer-songwriter, record producer and philanthropistborn 1976
- Innocent EmegharaSwiss association football player (born 1989)
- Innocent EgbunikeNigerian sprinterborn 1961
- Innocent of IrkutskFirst bishop of Irkutsk1680–1731
- InnocentIndian actor1948–2023
- Innocent MdledleAssociation footballerborn 1985
- Innoss'BCongolese singer and dancerborn 1997
- Innocent GentilletFrench lawyer and politician1532–1588
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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