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Simplicio

“simple”

Simplicio is a given name from Latin. It is used in Italian.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Simplicio goes back to Latin Simplicius, meaning “simple.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Simplicio comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Simplicius.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Simplicio through the years

Babies since 1880
10
10 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1920
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246192019401960198020002025Highest share 19200.0
Simplicio in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1920–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1955. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 285 as a first name in 2020; 153 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.

Simplicio’s family of names

In Italian usage, Simplicio has a feminine form in Semplicia. In Italian usage, Simplicio has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Symplicjusz.

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SimplicioSimpliciusSempliciaSymplicjusz

The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Simplicio

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