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Horacio

Latin roots · meaning uncertain

masculineLatin script

[oˈɾa.sjo] · Spanish

Origin: Latin
6 language contexts: Spanish Danish Esperanto +3 more
Follow the evidence: 9 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Horacio

Horacio is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, Danish, Esperanto and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Horātius.

Separate records with matching spellings: Horácio (Portuguese)

3 source accounts

Latin origin

Source-reported

Borrowed from Latin Horātius, of obscure origin.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 2 more accountsHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

English originSource-reportedFrom English Horatio, in L. L. Zamenhof's translation of Hamlet.

From English Horatio, in L. L. Zamenhof's translation of Hamlet.

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Chinese Wiktionary accountSource-reported借自英語 Horatio，出自柴門霍夫的《哈姆雷特》譯本。

借自英語 Horatio，出自柴門霍夫的《哈姆雷特》譯本。

Sources for this account (1)

Chinese Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (5)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q16290301
Masculine usage in Esperanto · Wiktionary: Horacio
Masculine usage in Spanish · Wiktionary: Horacio
Masculine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Horacio
Masculine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Horacio

Explore all 6 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Horacio” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q16290301.

All pronunciation details (7)

[oˈɾa.sjo] — Spanish
[oˈɾa.θjo] — Spanish
/oˈɾasjo/ — Spanish
/oˈɾaθjo/ — Spanish
[oˈɾasjo] — Spanish (seseante)
[oˈɾaθjo] — Spanish (no seseante)
/horaˈt͡sio/ — Esperanto

02 / Across borders

Where Horacio is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Horacio’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 31 boys (rank 3583).

Explore United States

4 of 8 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Horacio

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 31; applications; Rank #3,583
Peak year: 2001; 106 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Horacio in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	6	2,915	observed
1915	6	3,392	observed
1916	7	3,177	observed
1917	5	3,981	observed
1918	9	2,882	observed
1919	6	3,736	observed
1920	16	2,052	observed
1921	5	4,322	observed
1922	12	2,486	observed
1923	16	2,020	observed
1924	17	1,964	observed
1925	15	2,089	observed
1926	9	2,904	observed
1927	17	1,959	observed
1928	24	1,522	observed
1929	24	1,480	observed
1930	21	1,602	observed
1931	18	1,693	observed
1932	19	1,651	observed
1933	19	1,586	observed
1934	19	1,608	observed
1935	16	1,757	observed
1936	16	1,723	observed
1937	17	1,688	observed
1938	19	1,559	observed
1939	11	2,159	observed
1940	11	2,179	observed
1941	13	1,997	observed
1942	10	2,386	observed
1943	20	1,577	observed
1944	15	1,810	observed
1945	12	2,009	observed
1946	14	1,949	observed
1947	12	2,251	observed
1948	14	2,027	observed
1949	16	1,872	observed
1950	24	1,499	observed
1951	18	1,774	observed
1952	19	1,749	observed
1953	20	1,709	observed
1954	26	1,496	observed
1955	22	1,646	observed
1956	19	1,821	observed
1957	29	1,457	observed
1958	26	1,534	observed
1959	41	1,212	observed
1960	29	1,486	observed
1961	30	1,467	observed
1962	23	1,669	observed
1963	22	1,695	observed
1964	32	1,384	observed
1965	34	1,318	observed
1966	30	1,401	observed
1967	36	1,253	observed
1968	39	1,217	observed
1969	38	1,280	observed
1970	45	1,238	observed
1971	39	1,352	observed
1972	51	1,137	observed
1973	42	1,268	observed
1974	52	1,135	observed
1975	49	1,208	observed
1976	61	1,067	observed
1977	74	998	observed
1978	63	1,099	observed
1979	61	1,154	observed
1980	81	1,004	observed
1981	79	1,024	observed
1982	71	1,082	observed
1983	59	1,178	observed
1984	68	1,084	observed
1985	52	1,333	observed
1986	54	1,334	observed
1987	60	1,259	observed
1988	66	1,263	observed
1989	76	1,228	observed
1990	80	1,226	observed
1991	79	1,254	observed
1992	81	1,255	observed
1993	96	1,149	observed
1994	87	1,244	observed
1995	82	1,300	observed
1996	75	1,400	observed
1997	75	1,438	observed
1998	90	1,322	observed
1999	88	1,356	observed
2000	92	1,370	observed
2001	106	1,254	observed
2002	98	1,346	observed
2003	81	1,561	observed
2004	78	1,653	observed
2005	78	1,711	observed
2006	75	1,823	observed
2007	91	1,669	observed
2008	69	2,028	observed
2009	66	2,077	observed
2010	64	2,100	observed
2011	47	2,590	observed
2012	45	2,678	observed
2013	30	3,497	observed
2014	33	3,297	observed
2015	35	3,231	observed
2016	22	4,470	observed
2017	35	3,249	observed
2018	39	2,994	observed
2019	28	3,794	observed
2020	34	3,274	observed
2021	26	4,011	observed
2022	37	3,216	observed
2023	26	4,112	observed
2024	37	3,216	observed
2025	31	3,583	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Horacio” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Horacio
Horacio, _m._ _Span._ Lat. 148
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Horacio Cartes
born 1956
49th President of Paraguay
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Horacio Quiroga
1878–1937
Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer (1878–1937)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Horacio Elizondo
born 1963
Argentine football referee
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Horacio Zeballos
born 1985
Argentine tennis player (born 1985)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
José Horacio Gómez
born 1951
American Roman Catholic archbishop
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Horacio with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q16290301CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Portuguese Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Horacio

Horacio is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, Danish, Esperanto and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Horātius.

Separate records with matching spellings: Horácio (Portuguese)

3 source accounts

Latin origin

Source-reported

Borrowed from Latin Horātius, of obscure origin.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 2 more accountsHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

English originSource-reportedFrom English Horatio, in L. L. Zamenhof's translation of Hamlet.

From English Horatio, in L. L. Zamenhof's translation of Hamlet.

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Chinese Wiktionary accountSource-reported借自英語 Horatio，出自柴門霍夫的《哈姆雷特》譯本。

借自英語 Horatio，出自柴門霍夫的《哈姆雷特》譯本。

Sources for this account (1)

Chinese Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (5)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q16290301
Masculine usage in Esperanto · Wiktionary: Horacio
Masculine usage in Spanish · Wiktionary: Horacio
Masculine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Horacio
Masculine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Horacio

Explore all 6 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Horacio” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q16290301.

All pronunciation details (7)

[oˈɾa.sjo] — Spanish
[oˈɾa.θjo] — Spanish
/oˈɾasjo/ — Spanish
/oˈɾaθjo/ — Spanish
[oˈɾasjo] — Spanish (seseante)
[oˈɾaθjo] — Spanish (no seseante)
/horaˈt͡sio/ — Esperanto

Where Horacio is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Horacio’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 31 boys (rank 3583).

Explore United States

4 of 8 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Horacio

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 31; applications; Rank #3,583
Peak year: 2001; 106 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Horacio in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	6	2,915	observed
1915	6	3,392	observed
1916	7	3,177	observed
1917	5	3,981	observed
1918	9	2,882	observed
1919	6	3,736	observed
1920	16	2,052	observed
1921	5	4,322	observed
1922	12	2,486	observed
1923	16	2,020	observed
1924	17	1,964	observed
1925	15	2,089	observed
1926	9	2,904	observed
1927	17	1,959	observed
1928	24	1,522	observed
1929	24	1,480	observed
1930	21	1,602	observed
1931	18	1,693	observed
1932	19	1,651	observed
1933	19	1,586	observed
1934	19	1,608	observed
1935	16	1,757	observed
1936	16	1,723	observed
1937	17	1,688	observed
1938	19	1,559	observed
1939	11	2,159	observed
1940	11	2,179	observed
1941	13	1,997	observed
1942	10	2,386	observed
1943	20	1,577	observed
1944	15	1,810	observed
1945	12	2,009	observed
1946	14	1,949	observed
1947	12	2,251	observed
1948	14	2,027	observed
1949	16	1,872	observed
1950	24	1,499	observed
1951	18	1,774	observed
1952	19	1,749	observed
1953	20	1,709	observed
1954	26	1,496	observed
1955	22	1,646	observed
1956	19	1,821	observed
1957	29	1,457	observed
1958	26	1,534	observed
1959	41	1,212	observed
1960	29	1,486	observed
1961	30	1,467	observed
1962	23	1,669	observed
1963	22	1,695	observed
1964	32	1,384	observed
1965	34	1,318	observed
1966	30	1,401	observed
1967	36	1,253	observed
1968	39	1,217	observed
1969	38	1,280	observed
1970	45	1,238	observed
1971	39	1,352	observed
1972	51	1,137	observed
1973	42	1,268	observed
1974	52	1,135	observed
1975	49	1,208	observed
1976	61	1,067	observed
1977	74	998	observed
1978	63	1,099	observed
1979	61	1,154	observed
1980	81	1,004	observed
1981	79	1,024	observed
1982	71	1,082	observed
1983	59	1,178	observed
1984	68	1,084	observed
1985	52	1,333	observed
1986	54	1,334	observed
1987	60	1,259	observed
1988	66	1,263	observed
1989	76	1,228	observed
1990	80	1,226	observed
1991	79	1,254	observed
1992	81	1,255	observed
1993	96	1,149	observed
1994	87	1,244	observed
1995	82	1,300	observed
1996	75	1,400	observed
1997	75	1,438	observed
1998	90	1,322	observed
1999	88	1,356	observed
2000	92	1,370	observed
2001	106	1,254	observed
2002	98	1,346	observed
2003	81	1,561	observed
2004	78	1,653	observed
2005	78	1,711	observed
2006	75	1,823	observed
2007	91	1,669	observed
2008	69	2,028	observed
2009	66	2,077	observed
2010	64	2,100	observed
2011	47	2,590	observed
2012	45	2,678	observed
2013	30	3,497	observed
2014	33	3,297	observed
2015	35	3,231	observed
2016	22	4,470	observed
2017	35	3,249	observed
2018	39	2,994	observed
2019	28	3,794	observed
2020	34	3,274	observed
2021	26	4,011	observed
2022	37	3,216	observed
2023	26	4,112	observed
2024	37	3,216	observed
2025	31	3,583	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Horacio
Horacio, _m._ _Span._ Lat. 148
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Horacio Cartes
born 1956
49th President of Paraguay
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Horacio Quiroga
1878–1937
Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer (1878–1937)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Horacio Elizondo
born 1963
Argentine football referee
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Horacio Zeballos
born 1985
Argentine tennis player (born 1985)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
José Horacio Gómez
born 1951
American Roman Catholic archbishop
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q16290301CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Portuguese Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: HoracioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Horacio

Latin origin

Where Horacio is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Horacio Cartes

Horacio Quiroga

Horacio Elizondo

Horacio Zeballos

José Horacio Gómez

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Horacio

Latin origin

Where Horacio is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Horacio Cartes

Horacio Quiroga

Horacio Elizondo

Horacio Zeballos

José Horacio Gómez

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page