Given name
Plácido
“calm, tranquil”
Plácido is a masculine given name from Latin, meaning “calm, tranquil.” It is used in Spanish.
Meaning & origin
Plácido’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Plácido
- Plácido GalindoPeruvian footballer (1906-1988)
- Plácido PolancoDominican-American professional baseball player, infielderborn 1975
- Plácido BilbaoSpanish footballer (1940-2014)
- Plácido RodriguezAmerican Roman Catholic priest, auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, titular Bishop of Fuerteventura, Bishop of Lubbockborn 1940
- Plácido Fernández ViagasSpanish politician and magistrate (1924–1982)
- Plácido Micó AbogoEquatoguinean politicianborn 1963
- Plácido Álvarez-BuyllaSpanish diplomat, politician and association football player (1885-1938)
- Placido CampoloItalian painter (1693-1743)
- Plácido de Jove y HeviaSpanish politician (1823-1909)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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“town”
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“peace”
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