Girl or boy · Arabic plus an uncertain element
Guadalupe
Say it: gwah-dah-LOO-peh
Meaning
From the Virgin of Guadalupe in Extremadura, named after a river. The first part is Arabic wādī 'river'; the second is unexplained, and the popular 'river of the wolf' is not established.
Disputedsharp disagreement, or a popular meaning that is not supported.
Known in Spain from the Extremaduran shrine and spread worldwide through Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 90,651 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1997, about 1 in 1,200 girls
- 302 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Lupe, Guadelupe
| Portuguese | Guadalupe |
|---|---|
| Italian | Guadalupa |
Famous bearers
- Guadalupe Victoria, first president of Mexico
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Colonial records of the Americas
- Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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