Given name & surname
Sotero
“rescuer, saviour/savior”
Sotero is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “rescuer, saviour/savior.” It is used in Spanish and Italian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Sotero developed from Σωτήρ.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sotero through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 786
- 786 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 17 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,445 as a first name in 2020; 768 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.
Sotero’s family of names
In Italian usage, Sotero has a feminine form in SOTERA. In Greek usage, Sotero as a surname is a transliteration of Σοτέρο. In Spanish usage, Sotero developed from the Ancient Greek form Σωτήρ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sotero
- Sotero Arangurenformer Spanish footballer (1894-1922)
- Sotero LaurelPhilippine politician (1918–2009)
- Sotero Sanz VillalbaSpanish nuncio1919–1978
- Sotero LópezSpanish association football playerborn 1972
- Sotero BaluyutFilipino politician (1889-1975)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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