Given name & surname · also Latin
Toribio
“having great strength”
Toribio is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “having great strength.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “having great strength.” Its derivation is not certain.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
The name’s historical associations include a 5th-century bishop of Astorga and the 6th-century founder of the abbey of Liébana in Asturias.
Toribio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 861
- 861 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,624 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,624 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1929. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,471 as a first name in 2020; 5,075 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.
Toribio’s family of names
Toribio has a related form in Toribiyo. Toribio has a related form in Toribo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Toribio
- Toribio Ticona PorcoBolivian catholic cardinalborn 1937
- Turibius of MogrovejoSpanish Roman Catholic archbishop and saint (1538–1606)
- Toribio de BenaventeSpanish Friar Minor, Catholic missionar in Mexico, Novohispanic mesoamericanist1482–1568
- Turibius of AstorgaSpanish bishop and saint402–460
- Alonso de SalazarSpanish explorer1401–1526
- Toribio Romopadre y proctector de los migrantes indocumentados y choferes1900–1928
- Toribio Rodríguez de MendozaPeruano1750–1825
- Toribio Martínez CabreraSpanish military personnel (1874-1939)
- Toribio RojasCosta Rican football managerborn 1945
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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