Given name & surname
Panfilo
“one who loves nature”
Panfilo is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “one who loves nature.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who loves nature.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Italian usage, Panfilo developed from Πάμφιλος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Panfilo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 218
- 218 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 10 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 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1929. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 895 as a first name in 2020; 206 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.
Panfilo’s family of names
In Italian usage, Panfilo developed from the Ancient Greek form Πάμφιλος. Panfilo has a related form in Panfilio. Panfilo has a related form in Panphilio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Panfilo
- Panfilo CastaldiItalian printer1430–1487
- Panfilo NuvoloneItalian painter (1581-1651)1580–1651
- Panfilo GentileItalian journalist, writer and politician (1889-1971)
- Panfilo SassiItalian poet1455–1527
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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