Boy · Probably Germanic
Álvaro
Say it: AL-bah-roh
Meaning
Uncertain. Probably Germanic; proposals include elements meaning 'all' and 'cautious' or 'elf' and 'army'.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 15,721 babies given this name since 1914
- At its height in 2000, about 1 in 4,500 boys
- 266 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Portuguese | Álvaro |
|---|---|
| Catalan | Àlvar |
Famous bearers
- Álvaro de Luna, constable of Castile
- Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, explorer
- Álvaro Obregón, president of Mexico
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.