Given name & surname
Orazio
“one who prays to God”
Orazio is used as a given name and a surname. One Italian interpretation is “one who prays to God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “one who prays to God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
In Italian use, Orazio is used as a form of Horace.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Orazio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 310
- 310 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 16 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 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 423 as a first name in 2020; 154 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.
Orazio’s family of names
Orazio shares a linguistic root with Horace. In Italian usage, Orazio has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Horacio. Orazio is a form of Horace.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Orazio has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Orazio
- Orazio GentileschiItalian painter (1563–1639)
- Orazio VecchiItalian composer1550–1605
- Orazio AntinoriItalian explorer and zoologist (1811–1882)
- Orazio MarianiItalian sprinter (1915–1981)
- Orazio Farnese, Duke of CastroItalian duke (1532-1553)
- Orazio FagoneItalian short-track speed skater, sledge hockey player, wheelchair curlerborn 1968
- Orazio Satta PuligaItalian automobile designer (1910-1974)
- Orazio BenevoliItalian composer (1605-1672)
- Orazio RancatiItalian association football player (1940–2023)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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