Rogelio

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 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◐

Rogelio is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name239K records spelled Rogelio8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Venezuela, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Rogeliő, Rogelïo, Rogélio

• a separate given name29K records spelled Rogelio2 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Rogélio

• Indonesian given name7.3K records spelled Rogelio4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

  Also written Rogélio

• Korean given name675 records spelled Rogelio2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Korea, Philippines, United Kingdom

  Also written Rogélio

54 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●

Rogelio is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, 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, equivalent to English Roger

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

• In French, Forme espagnole de Roger, du germ. *hrod* « gloire » + *gari* « lance ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• Spanish: from Late Latin Rogelius (or Rogellus ), a name of uncertain derivation. It may be a diminutive form of Rog tus ‘requested, prayed for’. Sts Rogellus and Servus-Dei were martyred at Cordoba under the Moors in 852.

  as a word

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 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●

• Rogelio A. Gonzálezb. 1920MXfilm director (1920–1984)
• Rogelio Domínguezb. 1931ARArgentine footballer (1931-2004)
• Rogelio Antonio Jr.b. 1962PHFilipino chess player
• Rogelio Marcelob. 1965CUCuban boxer
• Rogelio Frigeriob. 1970ARArgentinian politician and economist
• Rogelio Maytab. 1971BOBolivian Foreign Minister
• Rogelio González Pizañab. 1974MXMexican mob boss
• Rogelio Franco Castánb. 1975MXMexican politician
• Rogelio T. Ramosb. 1976USAmerican actor
• Rogelio Funes Morib. 1991ARArgentine-Mexican 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 · 721 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rogelio?

We estimate roughly 54 thousand people bear Rogelio (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Rogelio have the most bearers?

Rogelio is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled rogelio.

How common is Rogelio compared with other names?

In Mexico, Rogelio is the 135th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Rogelio a male or female name?

Rogelio 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 Rogelio mean?

Recorded meaning: Spanish; beautiful one; a famous spearman or warrior