Given name & surname
Inocencio
Inocencio is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English, Spanish, and Tagalog.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Spanish use, Inocencio shares an earlier linguistic root with Innokenti. An origin associated with Innokenti is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Spanish use, Inocencio shares an earlier linguistic root with Innokenti. The history of Innokenti gives this family its wider story. Innokenti’s historical associations include various early saints venerated in the Eastern Church, including the leader of a group of thirty-two martyrs.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Inocencio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 465
- 465 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1967
- 14 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 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1967. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,881 as a first name in 2020; 1,653 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.
Inocencio’s family of names
Inocencio shares a linguistic root with Innokenti. In Spanish usage, Inocencio has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Innocenty.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Inocenteequivalent
- Innocentequivalent
- Innokentyequivalent
- Innozenzequivalent
- Иннокентийequivalent
- Innocentiusequivalent
- Innocenzoequivalent
- Innocenciequivalent
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People named Inocencio
- BertolíSpanish footballer (1911-1948)
- Inocencio María YéreguiUruguayan bishop (1833–1890)
- Osvaldo CattoneArgentinian actor (1933-2021)
- Inocencio AriasSpanish diplomatborn 1940
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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