Lautaro

Meaning & origin●

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◐

Lautaro is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Croatian given name174 records spelled Lautaro7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Argentina

  Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian

  Also written Lautàrò

• Finnish given name173 records spelled Lautaro3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Spain

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Laütaro

40 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●

Lautaro 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, Mapuche, probablemente lev 'veloz' + tharu 'traro': 'traro veloz'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In German, in Chile und Argentinien vorkom­ mender männl. Vom., der in Erinnerung an den araukanischen Herrscher Lautaro, der

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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 1902–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lautaro Murúab. 1926PEArgentine actor, film director, and screenwriter (1926-1995)
• Lautaro Acostab. 1988ARArgentine footballer
• Lautaro Gianettib. 1993ARArgentinian footballer
• Lautaro Rinaldib. 1993ARArgentinian association football player
• Lautaro Bazán Velezb. 1996ARArgentine rugby union player
• Lautaro Martínezb. 1997ARArgentine association football player (born 1997)
• Lautaro Rodríguezb. 1997ARArgentinian actor and singer
• Lautaro Moralesb. 1999ARArgentine professional footballer
• Lautaro Valentib. 1999ARArgentine professional footballer
• Lautaro Di Lollob. 2004ARArgentine professional 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 · 478 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lautaro?

We estimate roughly 2.3 thousand people bear Lautaro (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Lautaro have the most bearers?

Lautaro is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled lautaro.

How common is Lautaro compared with other names?

In Argentina, Lautaro is the 157th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Lautaro a male or female name?

Lautaro 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 Lautaro mean?

Recorded meaning: Lautaro (a commune and city in Lautaro, Chile)