Genaro
given name · Latin script
Meaning: variante dialetal setentrional de Gennaro
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/xɛnaro/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Genaro is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- NINicaragua≈1 in 1.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- PEPeru≈1 in 1.8K
- PYParaguay≈1 in 2.3K
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)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 308 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈20,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nicaragua, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
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)
variante dialetal setentrional de Gennaro
Sources 1
- Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Genaro 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.5K | listed | Genaro | 63 |
| PE Peru | #353 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Genaro | 71 |
| US United States | — | 12,476 | 1 in 27K | 12K | Genaro | 308 |
| AR Argentina | #477 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.7K | 983 | Genaro | 72 |
| VE Venezuela | #710 | 4,498 | 1 in 6.4K | 4.5K | Genaro | 30 |
| NI Nicaragua | #135 | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Genaro | 14 |
| BO Bolivia | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | — | Genaro | 30 |
| PY Paraguay | #342 | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | — | Genaro | 25 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 1,559 | 1 in 2.2K | 1.6K | — | 22 |
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: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the ph-gutenberg1905-names register; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Genaro 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 French, Forme liée à Janvier/Januarius, du latin *Ianuarius*, « de Janus ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Origine latine, signifie « janvier ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In vec, January
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Esperanto, genome
as a wordkaikki.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)
- Jenaro Pérez Villaamilb. 1807ESnot in their usual nameSpanish artist (1807-1854)
- Jenaro Quesada, 1st Marquis of Miravallesb. 1818ESnot in their usual nameSpanish Grandee (1818-1889)
- German Valdesb. 1915MXnot in their usual nameMexican actor, comedian and singer (1915-1973)
- Álvaro Carrillob. 1921MXnot in their usual nameMexican singer, songwriter (1921–1969)
- Tony Siricob. 1942USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1942–2022)
- Genaro Zelaietab. 1954ESSpanish association football player (1954-2008)
- Blue Pantherb. 1960MXnot in their usual nameMexican professional wrestler (born 1960)
- Genaro Hernándezb. 1966USAmerican boxer (1966-2011)
- Genaro García Lunab. 1968MXMexican politician
- Genaro Rodríguez Serranob. 1998ESSpanish association football player
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)
Attested in 50 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 12K | #2,140 |
| VE Venezuela | asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996) | — | 4.5K | #289 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2018 | 2.2K | #137 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2019 | 2.1K | #121 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2017 | 1.8K | #164 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2020 | 1.8K | #128 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 1.6K | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 1.5K | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 983 | #148 |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 2015 | 519 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 2015 | 518 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 62 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- Is Genaro a male or female name?
- Genaro 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.
- How do you pronounce Genaro?
- A machine transcription gives /xɛnaro/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What does the name Genaro mean?
- Recorded meaning: variante dialetal setentrional de Gennaro
- In which country does Genaro have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 20 thousand people named Genaro in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled genaro.
- How common is the name Genaro?
- In the United States, the national register counted 12,476 people named Genaro in 2020, about 1 in 27 thousand residents.
- How common is Genaro compared with other names?
- In Nicaragua, Genaro is the 135th most common given name of 16,569 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/genaroThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Genaro” — the 135th most common given name in Nicaragua. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.