Eusebio

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Eusébio in AO Angola and Eusebius in TZ Tanzania.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 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◐

Eusebio is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name74K records spelled Eusebio6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Ecuador, Philippines

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Eusébio, Eusebío

• Catalan given name16K records spelled Eusebio4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Peru

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Eusébio

• a separate given name8.6K records spelled Eusebio2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Bolivia, Spain

  Also written Eusébio

• Italian given name2.8K records spelled Eusebio3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Italy, Peru

  Also written Eusebius, Eusébio

66 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●

Eusebio 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, a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Eusebius

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, Dal greco Eusebios, 'pio, devoto'. Nome di molti santi e martiri.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, forma italiana de Eusebius.

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In English, Spanish form of Eusebius; Greek "pious"

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• From Late Greek Eusebios ‘pious’, ‘reverent’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

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) — 123 years between 1900–2023. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Eusebius of Vercellib. 283ITnot in their usual nameCatholic bishop and saint
• Eusebio Francisco Kinob. 1645ITItalian Jesuit missionary
• Eusebio Lillob. 1826CLChilean writer and diplomat
• Eusebio Castiglianob. 1921ITItalian footballer (1921-1949)
• Ramón Castro Ruzb. 1924CUnot in their usual namerevolutionary from Cuba (1924-2016)
• Eusébio da Silva Ferreirab. 1942PTPortuguese footballer (1942–2014)
• Eusebio Lázarob. 1942ESSpanish actor
• Eusebio Poncelab. 1945ESSpanish actor
• Eusebio Sacristánb. 1964ESSpanish football player and manager
• Eusebio Di Francescob. 1969ITItalian footballer and manager

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 · 802 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Eusebio?

We estimate roughly 23 thousand people bear Eusebio (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Eusebio have the most bearers?

Eusebio is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled eusebio.

How common is Eusebio compared with other names?

In Argentina, Eusebio is the 492nd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Eusebio a male or female name?

Eusebio 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 Eusebio mean?

Recorded meaning: From the Late Greek name Eusebios ‘pious’, ‘reverent’.