Orazio
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Italian form of Latin Horatio, English }Horace (see main dictionary)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/oratt͡sjo/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Orazio is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.
- ITItaly≈1 in 5K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 786K
- BEBelgium≈1 in 73K
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.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 140 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈12,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Italian form of Latin Horatio, English }Horace (see main dictionary).
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Orazio 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | #688 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 5K | 22 | Orazio | 140 |
| US United States | — | 423 | 1 in 786K | 416 | Orazio | 132 |
| FR France | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 295K | 11 | Orazio | 2 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 73K | — | Orazio | 20 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 185K | 3 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 74K | — | Orazio | 33 |
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: ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM). 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)
Orazio is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, Horace, the Roman poet
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, forma italiana de Horatius
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
El que anuncia las horas
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
In Italian, Variante di Orazi
as a nameDizionario dei cognomi italiani
[Ignoto]
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)
- Orazio Vecelliob. 1525ITson of Titian (1528-1576)
- Orazio Farnese, Duke of Castrob. 1532ITItalian duke (1532-1553)
- Orazio Vecchib. 1550ITItalian composer
- Orazio Gentileschib. 1563ITItalian painter (1563–1639)
- Orazio Giustinianib. 1580GRCatholic cardinal (1580-1649)
- Orazio Benevolib. 1605ITItalian composer (1605-1672)
- Orazio Marianib. 1915ITItalian sprinter (1915–1981)
- Orazio Orlandob. 1937ITItalian actor (1933-1990)
- Orazio Schillacib. 1966ITItalian politician
- Orazio Fagoneb. 1968ITItalian short-track speed skater, sledge hockey player, wheelchair curler
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)
Attested in 38 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 154 | #119,015 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 148 | #110,523 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 132 | #129,047 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 8 | — |
| IT Italy | Dizionario dei Cognomi Italiani (De Felice, 1978) | — | — | — |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
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
- What does the name Orazio mean, and where does it come from?
- Italian form of Latin Horatio, English }Horace (see main dictionary). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Orazio?
- A machine transcription gives /oratt͡sjo/ (IPA) for Italian.
- Is Orazio a male or female name?
- Orazio 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 Orazio?
- In the etymology graph, Horacio, Horace and Horatio are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Orazio have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Orazio in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled orazio.
- How common is the name Orazio?
- In the United States, the national register counted 423 people named Orazio in 2020, about 1 in 786 thousand residents.
- How common is Orazio compared with other names?
- In Italy, Orazio is the 688th most common given name of 102,667 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Orazio?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/orazioThe 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, “Orazio” — the 688th most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.