Diogenes

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

How Diogenes is read●(measured from records)

Diogenes is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Spanish45%

  Griego; de Zeus y genos, 'nacido de Zeus'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• Portuguese41%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Diogenes in Portuguese.

• English6.8%

  A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Διογένης (Diogénēs).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  Greek philosopher

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Diogenes is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Peru

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Diógenes, Diogênes, Diogenēs

• a separate name5 spellings in the group

  Also written Diógenes, Diògenes, Diogénes, Diogenēs

• French given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Italy, Peru

  Also written Diógenes, Diogènes, Diogenēs, Diògenes, Diogênes

• Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States

  Also written Diógenes, Diogenés

• Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Egypt, Palestine

  Also written Diógenes

• Russian given name15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Ukraine, Peru

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Диоген, Діоген, Диогенес, Diogen, Diogene

• Swahili given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Philippines, Ecuador

  Also written Diógenes

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Diogenes is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Polish, Diogenes (Ancient Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, A masculine praenomen.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Diogenes of Byzantiumb. 100Early 2nd century bishop of Byzantium
• Diogenes Laërtiusb. 1803rd-century Roman biographer of Greek philosophers
• Diogenes of Babylonb. 240IQancient Greek philosopher of the Stoic school
• Diogenesb. 412GR4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher
• Diogenes of Apolloniab. 460BG5th-century BC Greek philosopher
• Diógenes Domínguezb. 1902PYParaguayan footballer
• Diógenes Larab. 1902BOBolivian footballer (1902-1971)
• Diogenes Allenb. 1932USAmerican philosopher and theologian (1932-2013)
• Diógenes Lunab. 1977CUboxer
• Diogenes Smyrnaeusancient Greek philosopher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Diogenes mean, and where does it come from?

A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Διογένης (Diogénēs). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Diogenes?

A machine transcription gives /djoxenes/ (IPA) for Spanish.

Is Diogenes a male or female name?

Diogenes is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

In which country does Diogenes have the most bearers?

In Brazil, the national register counted about 11 thousand people named Diogenes, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled diogenes.

How common is the name Diogenes?

In Brazil, the national register counted 11,172 people named Diogenes in 2022, about 1 in 19 thousand residents.

How common is Diogenes compared with other names?

In the Dominican Republic, Diogenes is the 176th most common given name of 44,971 given names recorded there.