Tiago

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Tiago

Say it: TYAH-goo

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Meaning

Portuguese, from Santiago 'Saint James', ultimately Hebrew Ya'aqov.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

In the United States

05010018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2015per million babies of that sex
  • 2,267 babies given this name since 1982
  • At its height in 2015, about 1 in 12,000 boys
  • 130 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

PortugueseBrazilian

The family of the name

SpanishSantiago

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Where this comes from

  • Calendars of saints and name days
  • National birth statistics of European countries 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.