Boy · Germanic (Visigothic)
Gonzalo
Say it: gon-THAH-loh
Meaning
From Visigothic Gundisalvus; the first element is Germanic gunþ 'battle', the second is uncertain.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Very common in medieval Castile and the source of the surname González.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 10,359 babies given this name since 1902
- At its height in 2000, about 1 in 7,700 boys
- 106 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- 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 | Gonçalo |
|---|---|
| Galician | Gonzalo |
| Catalan | Gonçal |
Famous bearers
- Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, 'the Great Captain'
- Gonzalo de Berceo, the first named Castilian poet
- Gonzalo Pizarro, Spanish conquistador
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Where this comes from
- Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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