Gregorio

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Gregory in NL Netherlands, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 1 more and Grene in UY Uruguay.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 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◐

Gregorio is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name287K records spelled Gregorio29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Philippines, Ecuador

  Languages: English, Western Frisian, Dutch

  Also written Gregorius, Gregorios, Gregório, Gregoriö, Ğregőriő

• Catalan given name47K records spelled Gregorio11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Gregori, Grégorio, Gregorius, Gregório, Grégorius

• a separate given name25K records spelled Gregorio4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Bolivia, Spain

  Also written Gregório, Grégorio, Gregorío

• Indonesian given name6.0K records spelled Gregorio4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Gregório

• Swahili given name3.4K records spelled Gregorio4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Peru, Spain

  Also written Gregório

• Polish given name1.2K records spelled Gregorio2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Spain, Italy

  Also written Gregório

• Danish given name951 records spelled Gregorio7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Spain, Norway

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

  Also written Gregório

• Croatian given name948 records spelled Gregorio13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Spain, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Грегорио, Grégorìo, Gregório

60 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●

Gregorio 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, Greek Grēgorios, from grēgoreō: ‘watchful, vigilant’

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, forma italiana de Gregorius.

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In German, männl. Vom., spanische und italie­ nische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Italian, Variante di Gregori

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

• Pronto d’ingegno

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

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 135 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Innocent IIb. 1100ITnot in their usual namePope of the Catholic Church (1130–1143)
• Gregorio Allegrib. 1582ITItalian composer
• Giovanni Paisiellob. 1740ITnot in their usual nameItalian composer of the Classical era (1740-1816)
• Miguel Hidalgo Y Costillab. 1753MXnot in their usual nameCatholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence
• Gregorio Ricci-Curbastrob. 1853ITItalian mathematician (1853–1925)
• Alfonso XII of Spainb. 1857ESnot in their usual nameking of Spain from 1874 to 1885
• Carlos Dávilab. 1887CLnot in their usual nameChilean diplomat, journalist and politician (1887-1955)
• Pedro Armendárizb. 1912MXnot in their usual nameMexican actor (1912-1963)
• Goyo Benitob. 1946ESnot in their usual nameSpanish footballer (1946-2020)
• Gregorio Paltrinierib. 1994ITItalian swimmer

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 · 808 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gregorio?

We estimate roughly 568 thousand people bear Gregorio (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Gregorio have the most bearers?

Gregorio is most frequently recorded in Venezuela, where it is most often spelled gregorio.

How common is Gregorio compared with other names?

In Venezuela, Gregorio is the 39th most common given name of 213,120 given names recorded there.

Is Gregorio a male or female name?

Gregorio 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 Gregorio mean?

Recorded meaning: dal greco gregorein, 'eccitare, risvegliare'