Rigoberto

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 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◐

Rigoberto is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name111K records spelled Rigoberto11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Rïgöbërtö

• Swahili given name718 records spelled Rigoberto2 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Rîgoberto

• Russian given name550 records spelled Rigoberto10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Peru, Spain

  Languages: Russian, Croatian, Ukrainian

  Also written Ригоберто

41 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●

Rigoberto is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, a male given name from Proto-Germanic, equivalent to English Rigobert

  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) — 123 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Rigoberto López Pérezb. 1929NINicaraguan poet, music composer and assassin of Anastasio Somoza García (1929–1956)
• Rigoberto Guzmánb. 1932SVSalvadoran footballer (1932-2014)
• Rigoberto Cisnerosb. 1953MXMexican footballer
• Rigoberto Gonzálezb. 1970USAmerican writer
• Rigoberto Perezcanob. 1973MXMexican film director
• Rigoberto Álvarezb. 1978MXboxer
• Rigoberto Padillab. 1985HNHonduran footballer
• Rigoberto Uránb. 1987COroad bicycle racer
• Rigoberto Rivasb. 1998HNHonduran association football player
• Rigoberto Castañedascreenwriter

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 · 607 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rigoberto?

We estimate roughly 35 thousand people bear Rigoberto (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Rigoberto have the most bearers?

Rigoberto is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled rigoberto.

How common is Rigoberto compared with other names?

In Mexico, Rigoberto is the 271st most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Rigoberto a male or female name?

Rigoberto 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 Rigoberto mean?

Recorded meaning: Germanic Rigoberht, 'bright, glorious prince' (rik + berht).