Given name & surname
Tulio
“a lively man”
Tulio is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “a lively man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “a lively 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 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tulio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 294
- 294 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −48%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,336 as a first name in 2020; 257 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.
Tulio’s family of names
Tulio has a related form in Tullio. Tulio has a related form in Tuliyo. Tulio has a related form in Tulliyo.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tulio
- Tulio DíazCuban fencerborn 1960
- Tulio Manuel Chirivella VarelaVenezuelan archbishop (1932-2021)
- Tulio DemicheliArgentinian-Spanish-Mexican film director (1914-1992)
- Tulio Ramírez PadillaVenezuelan Roman Catholic bishop1960–2026
- Tulio BoteroColombian priest (1904-1981)
- Tulio Duque GutiérrezColombian catholic priestborn 1935
- Tulio LarrínagaPuerto Rican politician (1847-1917)
- Tulio Halperín DonghiArgentinan historian and writer (1926–2014)
- Tulio Febres CorderoVenezuelan writer (1860–1938)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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