Elpidio

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Del griego Elpidios, de elpis 'esperanza': 'el que espera, esperanzado'

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɛlpidio/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Elpidio is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 3.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • DODominican Republic≈1 in 5K
  • PYParaguay≈1 in 13K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈28,000 people, est.

Sources
159 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Spanish

Del griego Elpidios, de elpis 'esperanza': 'el que espera, esperanzado'

Sources 1

  • Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Elpidio counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Elpidio is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines#751≈28,000 est.≈1 in 3.9K14KElpidio48
BR Brazil—3,6111 in 59K4.8KElpidio76
US United States—2,5461 in 131K2.5KElpidio159
DO Dominican Republic#169≈2,100 est.≈1 in 5K—Elpidio31
VE Venezuela#9952,1201 in 14K2.1KElpidio19
TG Togo#571≈1,600 est.≈1 in 5.4K—Elpidio10
PY Paraguay#781≈540 est.≈1 in 13K—Elpidio12
PR Puerto Rico#373≈250 est.≈1 in 13K—Elpidio13

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

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

Elpidio is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Elpídio

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Elpídio

  • Korean given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada

    Also written Elpídio

36 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)

Elpidio is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Italian, dal greco Elpídios, 'speranza'.

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

  • In Italian, dal greco elpis, 'speranza'.

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

  • In Italian, Dal greco elpis = speranza. Eponimo e Santo pa- trono di una città delle Marche, 2 settembre. Forme popolari Lepidio, Lupidio (vedi Sacchetti, novclla SLIS). Anclic in francese S. Lupèdo. Goq?~.Lepidi, Lupidi (Toscana e Marche); Lepido (Sacile, erroneamente T.<lpido).Pidotti, -dutti (friulani).

    as a nameNomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche

  • Pieno di speranza

    as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

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)

1850190019502000Elpidio González, b. 1875Elpidio Villaverde, b. 1887Elpidio Quirino, b. 1890Elpidio Coppa, b. 1914Elpidio Barzaga Jr., b. 1950Elpidio Villamin, b. 1958Elpidio José Silva, b. 1959Gringui Herrera, b. 1962Elpídio Silva, b. 1975

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)

InformalHola Elpidio,Hi Elpidio, (English)

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)

Attested in 36 sources across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Elpidio
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—4.8K#3,464
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—4.8K#1,272
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20223.6K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—3.6K#3,430
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20103.6K—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20003.5K—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)19903.4K—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)19803.2K—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)19702.8K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20202.5K#6,337
VE Venezuelaasosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996)—2.1K#771
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)19602.1K—

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Elpidio?
A machine transcription gives /ɛlpidio/ (IPA) for Spanish.
What does the name Elpidio mean?
Recorded meaning: Del griego Elpidios, de elpis 'esperanza': 'el que espera, esperanzado'
Is Elpidio a male or female name?
Elpidio 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.
What are other forms of the name Elpidio?
In the etymology graph, Elpidius and Elpidios are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Elpidio have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 28 thousand people named Elpidio in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled elpidio.
How common is the name Elpidio?
In Brazil, the national register counted 3,611 people named Elpidio in 2022, about 1 in 59 thousand residents.
How common is Elpidio compared with other names?
In the Philippines, Elpidio is the 751st most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Elpidio” — the 751st most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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