Boy · Hebrew, through Latin and Spanish
Santiago
Say it: san-TYAH-goh
Meaning
From Sant Iago 'Saint James', the apostle venerated at Compostela; James comes from Hebrew Ya'aqov.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Long a devotional and place name, it became one of the top boys' names across Spanish America in the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 71,393 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 355 boys
- 4,638 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
Other spellings: Iago, Santi, Chago
| Portuguese | Tiago |
|---|---|
| Galician | Santiago |
| Galician | Iago |
Famous bearers
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Nobel-winning neuroscientist
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- 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.