Naranjo

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 7 languages in the etymology graph.

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

Naranjo is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname5 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Naranjõ

• Italian surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, Philippines

  Also written Nãrânjõ

• Polish surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Näränjö

• Finnish surname7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Spain, Ecuador

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Näränjö, Ňãräňjö, Näränjo, Näränjô, Näränjò

48 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)

Naranjo is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, orange tree

  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)

• Pedro García Naranjob. 1838PEPeruvian priest (1838-1917)
• Plutarco Naranjo Vargasb. 1921ECEcuadorian physician, scientist, historian and journalist (1921-2012)
• José Naranjob. 1926MXMexican footballer (1926-2012)
• Carmen Naranjob. 1928CRCosta Rican poet, novelist, essayist, and diplomat (1928-2012)
• Claudio Naranjob. 1932CLChilean psychiatrist and author (1932-2019)
• Aída García Naranjob. 1951PEPeruvian singer
• Gerardo Naranjob. 1971MXMexican film director
• Monica Naranjob. 1974ESSpanish singer and songwriter
• Marc Caballéb. 1991ESnot in their usual nameSpanish association football player
• Santiago Ariasb. 1992COnot in their usual nameColombian 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)

Evidence●(measured from records)

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

Frequently asked questions

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

topographic name for someone who lived by an orange grove, from Spanish naranjo ‘orange tree’ (from naranja ‘orange’, Arabic ndrdnjya), or a habitational name from a place named Naranjo in A Coruna an… Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.

How do you pronounce Naranjo?

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

In which country does Naranjo have the most bearers?

In Ecuador, the national register counted about 39 thousand people named Naranjo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled naranjo.

Where is Naranjo most common?

Naranjo is densest in Ecuador, where the national register counts about 1 in 432 people carrying it.

How common is the name Naranjo?

In Ecuador, the national register counted 39,116 people named Naranjo in 2024, about 1 in 432 residents.

How common is Naranjo compared with other names?

In Ecuador, Naranjo is the 44th most common surname of 34,511 surnames recorded there.