Given name & surname · also Late Latin
Placido
“untroubled”·“one who is calm”
Placido is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “untroubled” (Late Latin) and “one who is calm” (Spanish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “untroubled” (Late Latin) and “one who is calm” (Spanish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Late Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Placido through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,111
- 1,111 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 23 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,900 as a first name in 2020; 1,396 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.
Placido’s family of names
Placido has a feminine form in Placida. Placido has a related form in Placedo. Placido has a related form in Placid.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Plasidvariant
- Placidvariant
- Plasidovariant
- Placydovariant
- Placydvariant
- Placijovariant
- Placidusvariant
- Placedovariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Placido
- Placido ZurlaItalian cardinal (1769-1834)
- Placido Maria SchiaffinoItalian cardinal (1829–1889)
- Placido Maria TadiniItalian cardinal1759–1847
- Nicolò CorteseItalian presbyter (1907-1944)
- Placido CostanziItalian painter (1702-1759)
- Placido RizzottoItalian trade unionist (1914-1948)
- Plácido Domingo FerrerSpanish singer (1907–1987)
- Placido della Marraapostolic nuncio1560–1620
- Placido NigidoSicilian theologian1570–1640
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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