Epifanio

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Boy · Greek

Epifanio

Say it: eh-pee-FAH-nyoh

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Meaning

From Greek epiphaneia 'manifestation', after the feast of the Epiphany.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Often given to boys born around 6 January.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1880s

In the United States

1,962 babies given this name since 1885
At its height in 1885, about 1 in 15,400 boys
8 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Mexican Spanish Caribbean

The family of the name

Italian	Epifanio

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JacintoBoyFrom Greek Hyakinthos, a mythological youth and a flower name of pre-Greek origin.Colonial · peak 1925 · forgotten

EusebioBoyFrom Greek eusebēs 'pious'.Colonial · peak 1929 · forgotten

MelchorBoyTraditional name of one of the Three Kings, often explained from Hebrew malki-'or 'my king is light', though this is…Colonial · forgotten

Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
Parish baptism registers
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

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.