Given name & surname
Tiago
“a courageous man”
Tiago is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “a courageous man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “a courageous man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tiago through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,228
- 3,228 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 216 babies
- 2025
- 192
- #1,117 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +42%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 192 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,117 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 41.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (32). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,658 as a first name in 2020; 147 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.
Tiago’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Tiago has a diminutive in Tiaguinho. In Portuguese usage, Tiago shares an earlier linguistic root with Jaime. In Portuguese usage, Tiago has a conventional equivalent in the English form James.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tiago has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
10 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Tiago
- Tiago MendesPortuguese footballer and managerborn 1981
- Bebécap verde footballerborn 1990
- Tiago SplitterBrazilian basketball player (born 1985)
- Tiago IloriPortuguese-English association football playerborn 1993
- Tiago MonteiroPortuguese professional racing driverborn 1976
- Tiago CamiloBrazilian judokaborn 1982
- Tiago Djalóportoguese football playerborn 2000
- Tiago PradoBrazilian association football playerborn 1984
- Tiago AlvesBrazilian association football player (born 1993)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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