Diego

Where Diego comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Diego, from an Iberian Didacus, of uncertain origin.
— Wiktionary's entry for Diego
  • Spanish
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1599
    Diego Velázquez born
    Spanish painter
  2. 1887
    First appearance
    #921 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1960
    Diego Maradona born
    Argentine football player and manager
  4. 2006
    Peak, #56
    8,403 babies named Diego — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #99.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Spanish Diego.
Namesakes
  • Diego Maradona · Argentine football player and manager, 1960–2020
  • Diego Velázquez · Spanish painter, 1599–1660
  • Diego Forlán · Uruguayan association football player and manager, born 1979
  • Diego Rivera · Mexican muralist, 1886–1957
  • Diego Godín · Uruguayan association football player, born 1986

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.