Given name
Plutarco
“a wicked man”
Plutarco is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “a wicked man.”
Original GreekΠλούταρχος
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a wicked man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Plutarco developed from Πλούταρχος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Plutarco through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24
- 24 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 7 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 1958. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 345 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Plutarco’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Plutarco developed from the Ancient Greek form Πλούταρχος. In Portuguese usage, Plutarco has a related form in Plutarcho. In Portuguese usage, Plutarco has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Πλούταρχος.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Plutarco
- Plutarco Elías Calles47th President of Mexico1877–1945
- Plutarco Naranjo VargasEcuadorian physician, scientist, historian and journalist (1921-2012)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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