Eusebio

Boy · Greek

Eusebio

Say it: eh-oo-SEH-byoh

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Meaning

From Greek eusebēs 'pious'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1920s

In the United States

3,004 babies given this name since 1898
At its height in 1929, about 1 in 23,900 boys
15 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Mexican Andean Spanish

The family of the name

Portuguese	Eusébio

Famous bearers

Eusebio Kino, Jesuit missionary in Sonora and Arizona

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EpifanioBoyFrom Greek epiphaneia 'manifestation', after the feast of the Epiphany.Colonial · peak 1885 · forgotten

EusebiusBoyFrom Greek eusebēs 'pious'.Early Medieval · 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

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