Cabo

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Cabo is one spelling over 2 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.

• Spanish56%

  end, edge, extremity (furthest or terminal point of something)

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

• English5.9%

  Abbreviation of Cabo San Lucas: a resort city in Baja California del Sur, Mexico.

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

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Cabo is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, Mexico

  Languages: English, German

  Also written Caboe, Cabö, Čabo, Cabó, Çabo

• Portuguese surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Portugal, Cape Verde, Angola

  Also written Cabó, Cabò, Çâbõ, Čabo

• Croatian surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Bulgaria

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian

  Also written Čabo

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Čabo, Cabó

• a separate name5 spellings in the group

  Also written Çabo, Čabo

42 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.

Cabo 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 Portuguese, cape (geography), cable, end

  as a word·A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

• In Dutch, alternative letter-case form of Cabo (“Cape Verdean person”)

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

• In Catalan, first-person singular present indicative of cabre

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

• In Portuguese, cape (piece of land extending beyond the coast)

  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.

• Ángel Cabo Alonsob. 1922ESSpanish geographer (1922-2016)
• Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabob. 1932FRCatholic bishop (1932–2019)
• Dardo Cabob. 1941ARArgentine journalist and activist
• Marcelo Cabob. 1948BRBrazilian association football player
• Fernando Cabo Aseguinolazab. 1961ESSpanish researcher
• Iñigo Cabob. 1970ESSpanish artist
• Miguel Cabo Villaverdeb. 1970ESGalician historian
• Maximiliano Silverab. 1997UYnot in their usual nameassociation football player
• Agustina Cabob. 2001ARArgentine actress
• Rafael de CaboUSAmerican scientist

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).

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

Where does the name Cabo come from?

Abbreviation of Cabo San Lucas: a resort city in Baja California del Sur, Mexico. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What does the name Cabo mean?

In Spanish, end, edge, extremity (furthest or terminal point of something)

In which country does Cabo have the most bearers?

Cabo is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled cabo.