Boy · Hebrew, through Portuguese
Thiago
Say it: CHEE-ah-goh
Meaning
Portuguese form shortened from Santiago 'Saint James', ultimately from Hebrew Ya'aqov.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in Brazil and adopted in Argentina and Uruguay in the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 13,353 babies given this name since 1986
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 745 boys
- 2,292 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Tiago
| Spanish | Santiago |
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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