Policarpo
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Polycarp
Used for both men and women, depending on the country· national registers that list names by sex disagree
- Venezuela (asosab): listed as female
- Brazil (Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)): listed as male
- Spain (INE): listed as male
- United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as male
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 21 countries
/po.liˈkaɾ.po/(recorded in a dictionary) Spanish · from Wiktionary
Policarpo is a given name used for both men and women, depending on the country, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mexico than in any other country.
- HNHonduras≈1 in 12Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
- PEPeru≈1 in 18K
- MXMexico≈1 in 30K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Mexico (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 96 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,400 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Honduras, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)a male given name, equivalent to English Polycarp
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Policarpo 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MX Mexico | — | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 30K | 49 | Policarpo | 59 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Policarpo | 30 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 66K | listed | Policarpo | 13 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Policarpo | 15 |
| AR Argentina | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 45K | 15 | Policarpo | 27 |
| HN Honduras | #757 | ≈930 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Policarpo | 7 |
| VE Venezuela | — | 820 | 1 in 35K | 820 | Policarpo | 10 |
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 — Apellidos (person counts, national); RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); 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 recorded senses
(measured from records)Policarpo 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 Spanish, Griego Polýkarpos, de poly- 'mucho' y karpós 'fruto': 'el que da muchos frutos'.
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
In Italian, do nome grego Polykarpos, latinizado em Polycarpus
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In Italian, Dal greco Polykarpos, 'molto fruttuoso, di molti frutti'.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, Equivale al latino Frucluosue. Nome di sei Santi, tra i quali il pik venerato B un veecovo di Smime e martire, del I secolo, 28 gennaio.
as a nameNomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche
Fructífero
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
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)- Andreas Polykarpos Timonisb. 1833GRnot in their usual nameGreek archbishop
- Policarpo Torob. 1856CLChilean naval officer (1851-1921)
- Policarpo Bonillab. 1858HNPresident of Honduras (1858–1926)
- Juventino Rosasb. 1868MXnot in their usual nameMexican composer, violinist and band leader (1868–1894)
- Polikarpe Kakabadzeb. 1893GEnot in their usual nameSoviet writer (1893-1972)
- Policarpo Ribeiro de Oliveirab. 1907BRBrazilian footballer (1907-1986)
- Policarpo da Costa Vazb. 1908PTBishop of Macau (1908–1984)
- Policarpo Paz Garcíab. 1932HNPresident of Honduras
- Policarpo Infanteb. 1948MXMexican politician
- el potro empotradorb. 1967ESnot in their usual nameSpanish boxer porn actor
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)37 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MX Mexico | RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset) | — | 49 | #2,722 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 15 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- 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 Policarpo mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name, equivalent to English Polycarp Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Policarpo?
- It depends on the language: in Spanish /po.liˈkaɾ.po/ (Wiktionary); in Portuguese /polikɐɾpu/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- Is Policarpo a male or female name?
- Policarpo is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: Venezuela (asosab): listed as female; Brazil (Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)): listed as male; Spain (INE): listed as male; United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as male. We don't publish a percentage split.
- In which country does Policarpo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.4 thousand people named Policarpo in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled policarpo.
- How common is the name Policarpo?
- In Venezuela, the national register counted 820 people named Policarpo, about 1 in 35 thousand residents.
- How common is Policarpo compared with other names?
- In Honduras, Policarpo is the 757th most common given name of 23,588 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/policarpoThe 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, “Policarpo” — the 757th most common given name in Honduras. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.