Given name & surname · also Late Latin
Rogelio
Rogelio is a masculine given name from Spanish. It is used in Spanish and Tagalog.
Original Spanishโรเฆลีโอ
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Late Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rogelio is a variant of Roger. The history of Roger gives this family its wider story. Roger’s historical bearers include members of the aristocracy.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Rogelio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25,942
- 25,877 boys · 65 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 548 babies
- 2025
- 180
- #1,163 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 180 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,163 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 548 in 2005. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (69). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 44,072 as a first name in 2020; 135 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.
Rogelio’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Rogelio has a diminutive in Elyong. Rogelio has a related form in Roger. In Spanish usage, Rogelio has a conventional equivalent in the English form Roger.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rogelio has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Spanishwhere Rogelio comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Rogervariant · English, French
- Rojeliovariant
- Rogelliolikely variant
- Elyongdiminutive · ceb
- Yongyongdiminutive · ceb
- Rojeleovariant
- Rogeleyovariant
- Rogeleovariant
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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 Rogelio
- Rogelio Funes MoriArgentine-Mexican footballerborn 1991
- Rogelio DomínguezArgentine footballer (1931-2004)
- Rogelio Cabrera LópezRoman Catholic archbishopborn 1951
- Rogelio MarceloCuban boxerborn 1965
- Rogelio FaríasChilean footballer (1949-1995)
- Rogelio DelgadoParaguayan footballerborn 1959
- Rogelio GuerraMexican actor (1936-2018)
- Rogelio Ricardo Livieres PlanoArgentinian bishop (1945–2015)
- Rogelio SalmonaColombian architect (1929-2007)1927–2007
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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