Horacio

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Horace in GB United Kingdom, PA Panama, PH Philippines and 3 more.

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 14 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◐

Horacio is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name61K records spelled Horacio12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Horácio, Horãcio, Hörãćîõ, Horaçio, Horacío

• a separate given name7.2K records spelled Horacio5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Horácio, Horacío, Hóracio, Horãcio

• French given name6.1K records spelled Horacio4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Portugal

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Horácio, Horaçio

• Southern Sotho given name974 records spelled Horacio5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Peru, South Africa

  Languages: Southern Sotho, Swahili

  Also written Horaçio, Horácio

• Russian given name410 records spelled Horacio11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Peru, Spain

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Орасио, Горацио, Horatio, Орасіо, Horácio

56 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●

Horacio is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, Horace (poet)

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

• In Esperanto, a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Horatio or Horace

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

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) — 121 years between 1902–2023. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Horacio Quirogab. 1878UYUruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer (1878–1937)
• Horacio Coppolab. 1906ARArgentine photographer (1906–2012)
• Jorge Zorreguietab. 1928ARnot in their usual nameArgentine politician (1928-2017)
• José Horacio Gómezb. 1951MXAmerican Roman Catholic archbishop
• Horacio Cartesb. 1956PY49th President of Paraguay
• Santiago Amigorenab. 1962ARnot in their usual nameArgentine-French screenwriter, film producer, film director and actor
• Horacio Elizondob. 1963ARArgentine football referee
• Horacio de la Peñab. 1966ARArgentine tennis player
• Horatio Sanzb. 1969USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor and comedian
• Horacio Zeballosb. 1985ARArgentine tennis player (born 1985)

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 · 724 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Horacio?

We estimate roughly 26 thousand people bear Horacio (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Horacio have the most bearers?

Horacio is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled horacio.

How common is Horacio compared with other names?

In Argentina, Horacio is the 96th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Horacio a male or female name?

Horacio 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 Horacio mean?

Recorded meaning: Latin Horatius, Roman gens name; probably Etruscan in origin, though folk-etymologies link it to hora or horātes.