Segundo

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 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◐

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

• English given name350K records spelled Segundo10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ecuador, Peru, United States, Venezuela

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Segundó, Segùndo, Šěğùņďő, ̶S̶e̶g̶u̶n̶d̶o̶, Sëgündö

• Catalan given name8.2K records spelled Segundo5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Peru, France, United States

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Ségundo, Sêgündö

• Russian given name727 records spelled Segundo5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Russia, Ecuador

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Сегундо

• Hungarian given name312 records spelled Segundo2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Hungary, United States, Ecuador

  Also written Śêğůńďő

50 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●

Segundo 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 Cebuano, a second; one-sixtieth of a minute

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

• In Galician, second (one sixtieth of a minute)

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

• In Portuguese, second (ordinal numeral for 2)

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

• In Filipino, second (unit of time)

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

• In Asturian, neuter of segundu

  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) — 125 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●

• Gonzalo Segundo Fernández de Córdova y Riverab. 1863ECPresident of Ecuador (1924 - 1925)
• Segundo de Chomónb. 1871ESSpanish-French film director, cinematographer and animator (1871-1929)
• Segundo Lunab. 1902ARArgentine footballer
• Segundo Durandalb. 1912BOBolivian footballer (1912-1976)
• Nicanor Parrab. 1914CLnot in their usual nameChilean writer, poet, mathematician, and physicist (1914-2018)
• Antonio Durán "Morris"b. 1959ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actor
• Julio Machadob. 1965VEnot in their usual nameVenezuelan baseball player
• Segundo Cernadasb. 1972ARArgentine actor
• Segundo Castillo De Barberanb. 1982ECEcuadorian footballer
• Leonidas Izab. 1982ECnot in their usual nameEcuadorian activist and indigenous leader

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 · 601 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Segundo?

We estimate roughly 187 thousand people bear Segundo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Segundo have the most bearers?

Segundo is most frequently recorded in Peru, where it is most often spelled segundo.

Where is Segundo most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Segundo is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 96 people — even though Peru holds more of our records for it.

How common is Segundo compared with other names?

In Peru, Segundo is the 42nd most common given name of 221,790 given names recorded there.

Is Segundo a male or female name?

Segundo 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 Segundo mean?

Recorded meaning: second (after the first)