Arsenio

Where Arsenio comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Arsenio.

  • Vowel-ended
Arsenio through the years
  1. 1831
    Arsenio Martínez-Campos y Antón born
    Spanish general and politician
  2. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,496 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1956
    Arsenio Hall born
    American comedian, actor and television host
  4. 1989
    Around this time: The Arsenio Hall Show
    TV, 1989 · Source
  5. 1989
    Peak, #479
    397 babies named Arsenio, the most in any year.
  6. 1990
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #744.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Arsenio Hall · American comedian, actor and television host, born 1956
  • Arsenio Martínez-Campos y Antón · Spanish general and politician, 1831–1900
  • Arsenio Iglesias · Spanish football player and manager, 1930–2023
  • Arsenio Rodríguez · Cuban musician, 1911–1970
  • Arsenio Valpoort · Dutch association footballer, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.