Given name & surname
Zoilo
“one who is active”
Zoilo is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “one who is active.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who is active.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zoilo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 5 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 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 516 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zoilo’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Zoilo has a feminine form in Zoila. Zoilo has a related form in Zoiloh. Zoilo has a related form in Zoilow.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zoilo
- Zoilo SaldombideUruguayan footballer (1903-1981)
- Zoilo CanaveryUruguayan footballer (1893-1966)
- Zoilo AlmonteDominican professional baseball outfielderborn 1989
- Zoilo GalangFilipino author1895–1959
- Zoilo VersallesCuban Baseball Player (1939-1995)
- Zoilo HilarioFilipino writer, politician and judge1892–1963
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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