Neto

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Нето in RU Russia, UA Ukraine.

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 8 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◐

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

• English surname31K records spelled Neto13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Australia, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Néto, Nëtö, Nètò, Ñetõ, Ňêťô

• French surname17K records spelled Neto4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Néto, Ñétó

• a separate surname4.6K records spelled Neto2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Angola, India

  Also written Néto

• Hungarian surname997 records spelled Neto2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, United Kingdom, United States

  Also written Nétó

• Bulgarian surname606 records spelled Neto8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain

  Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian

  Also written Нето

51 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●

Neto 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, grandson, male grandchild

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

• from neto ‘grandson’. Compare Nieto.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In pi, genitive/dative singular masculine/neuter of nent, which is present active participle of neti (“to lead”)

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

• In Indonesian, net, free from extraneous substances, remaining after expenses or deductions

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

• In Latin, second/third-person singular future active imperative of neō

  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●

BR IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) — 10 years between 1940–2022. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Agostinho Netob. 1922AOPresident of Angola (1975-1979)
• José Rodrigues Netob. 1949BRBrazilian footballer (1949-2019)
• Ernesto Netob. 1964BRBrazilian artist (born 1964)
• Antonio Carlos da Silva Netob. 1985BRBrazilian association football player
• Luís Netob. 1988PTPortuguese association football player
• Eduardo da Silva Nascimento Netob. 1988BRBrazilian association football player
• Norberto Murara Netob. 1989BRBrazilian association football player
• Raul Togni Netob. 1992BRBrazilian basketball player (born 1992)
• Pedro Netob. 2000PTPortuguese footballer (born 2000)
• André Trindadeb. 2001BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian footballer, born 2001

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 · 251 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Neto?

We estimate roughly 3.8 thousand people bear Neto (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Neto have the most bearers?

Neto is most frequently recorded in Brazil, where it is most often spelled neto.

How common is Neto compared with other names?

In Brazil, Neto is the 66th most common surname of 444,951 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Neto mean?

Recorded meaning: grandson, grandchildren (PL)