Maduro

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language 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◐

Maduro is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Italian surname225 records spelled Maduro2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Netherlands, Aruba

  Also written Maduró

55 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●

Maduro 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 Portuguese, ripe, mature

  as a word·A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

• In English, A cigar made with somewhat dark, medium-strength tobacco.

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

• In Portuguese, ripe

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

• maduro; mature; Amsterdam, Manaus, Caracas, Venezuela, Curaçao, Costa Rica, Panama, Rep. Dominicana, Jeremie

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In Catalan, first-person singular present indicative of madurar

  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.

Notable people with this name●

• George Madurob. 1916NLDutch Resistance member (1916–1945)
• Ricardo Madurob. 1946HNPresident of Honduras from 2002 to 2006
• Nicolás Madurob. 1962VEPresident of Venezuela 2013 to 2026
• Hedwiges Madurob. 1985NLDutch association football player and manager (born 1985)
• Ryan Madurob. 1986USAmerican soccer player
• Nicolás Maduro Guerrab. 1990VEVenezuelan politician and son of Nicolás Maduro
• Leopoldo Maduro Vollmerb. 1990VEVenezuelan Investment Banker
• Sam MaduroUSAmerican basketball player
• Conrad MaduroBritish Virgin Islands politicians

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 · 59 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Maduro?

We estimate roughly 5.3 thousand people bear Maduro (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Maduro have the most bearers?

Maduro is most frequently recorded in Venezuela, where it is most often spelled maduro.

How common is Maduro compared with other names?

In Venezuela, Maduro is the 864th most common surname of 81,476 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Maduro mean?

Recorded meaning: nickname from maduro ‘ripe’, which from the 12th century also had a figurative sense of ‘mature’, ‘sensible’.