Sirio

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 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◐

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

• French given name542 records spelled Sirio3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Italy

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Sírio

• a separate given name112 records spelled Sirio2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Italy

  Also written Sírio

• Hindi given name43 records spelled Sirio3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Sírio

• Thai surname42 records spelled Sirio6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, Italy

  Also written ศรีโอ, Sri-O, ศิริโอ, ศรโอ

31 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●

Sirio 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 Italian, var. antiga de Syrius

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• Proveniente dalla Siria

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

• In Italian, Variante di Siri

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

• In Serbo-Croatian, masculine singular active past participle of siriti

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

• In Esperanto, Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

  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●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Sirio Tofanarib. 1886ITItalian sculptor (1886-1969)
• Sirio Vernatib. 1907CHSwiss footballer (1907-1993)
• Sirio Giamettab. 1912ITItalian architect (1912-2005)
• Sirio Guerrierib. 1916ITItalian literary critic (1916-2009)
• Sirio Gianninib. 1925ITItalian writer (1925–1960)
• Sirio Bandinib. 1929ITItalian painter (1929-2009)
• Sirio Maccionib. 1932ITItalian restaurateur and author
• Sirio Luginbühlb. 1937ITItalian director (1937-2014)
• Sirio Tommasolib. 1947ITItalian photographer
• Sirio Quintavalleb. 1973GBvisual effects supervisor

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 · 176 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sirio?

We estimate roughly 1.2 thousand people bear Sirio (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Sirio have the most bearers?

Sirio is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled sirio.

How common is Sirio compared with other names?

In Bermuda, Sirio is the 846th most common given name of 1,057 given names recorded there.

Is Sirio a male or female name?

Sirio 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 Sirio mean?

Recorded meaning: Syrian