Alvaro

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Alvaro is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name18K records spelled Alvaro9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, Bolivia

  Also written Àlvaro, Alváro, Ālvaro, Álvaro, Alvaró

• Indonesian given name7.6K records spelled Alvaro3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Spain, United States, Philippines

  Also written Al-Varo, Álvaro

• Albanian given name902 records spelled Alvaro3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States, Spain, Italy

  Also written Álvaro, Ãlvaro

58 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Alvaro is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, personal name, probably composed of the elements all all + wer true. Var.: Sp.: Alvar. Patrs.: Sp.: Alvarez. Port.: Alvares, Alves.

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• In Italian, do nome germânico Alwars; patronímico de Ser Alvaro

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In German, spanischer ['albaro] und portugiesi­ scher ['alveru] männl. Vom. westgotischen

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Difensore di tutti

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

• In Latvian, Cilvēka vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 118 years between 1901–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Álvaro de Mendaña de Neirab. 1542ESSpanish explorer
• Álvaro Obregónb. 1880MXMexican politician, president of Mexico
• Fernando Lamasb. 1915ARnot in their usual nameArgentine-born actor (1915-1982)
• Alvaro Sizab. 1933PTPortuguese architect (1933-)
• Álvaro Colomb. 1951GTPresident of Guatemala (2008-2012)
• Álvaro Uribeb. 1952CO39.º President of Colombia from 2002 to 2010
• Álvaro Morteb. 1975ESSpanish actor (born 1975)
• Tony Daltonb. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican and Mexican actor (born 1975)
• Álvaro Arbeloab. 1983ESSpanish football manager and player (born 1983)
• Álvaro Negredob. 1985ESSpanish former footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 970 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alvaro?

We estimate roughly 302 thousand people bear Alvaro (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Alvaro have the most bearers?

Alvaro is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled alvaro.

Where is Alvaro most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Alvaro is densest in Spain — about 1 in 292 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.

How common is Alvaro compared with other names?

In Mexico, Alvaro is the 223rd most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Alvaro a male or female name?

Alvaro is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Alvaro mean?

Recorded meaning: Visigothic name, probably meaning ‘all wise’.