Próspero

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in Spanish: prosperous, thriving, prospering

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/pɾospeɾo/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Próspero is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Venezuela than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 538K(measured from records)
  • ECEcuador1 in 19K
  • VEVenezuela1 in 20K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Venezuela (measured from records)

1,416 people

Sources
169 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)

Ecuador

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Prospero in US United States, ES Spain.

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)

prosperous, thriving, prospering

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

How Próspero is read(measured from records)

Próspero 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.

  • Spanish81%

    prosperous, thriving, prospering

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    latín; de prosper, ‘próspero, feliz, afortunado, venturoso’

    as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios

  • Portuguese11%

    prosperous; successful

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Próspero 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.

Where Próspero is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
VE Venezuela1,4161 in 20K1.4K——
EC Ecuador8701 in 19K870—3
US United States6181 in 538K616Prospero169
ES Spain1211 in 413K134Prospero8
UY Uruguay1191 in 28K149——
CR Costa Rica321 in 159K32——

1,416 people counted by asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996). 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); INEC — civil registry names; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

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

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Prospero, Prospéro

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, Argentina, Mexico, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Prospero

  • Arabic given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, Spain

    Also written Prospero

  • Hindi given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Prospero

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Peru, Philippines, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Prospero

12 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)

Próspero 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 pap, prosperous

    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)

17501800185019001950Próspero Catelin, b. 1764Pròsper de Bofarull i Mascaró, b. 1777Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera, b. 1825Próspero Fernández Oreamuno, b. 1834Próspero Cahuantzi, b. 1834Próspero Morales, b. 1856Próspero López Buchardo, b. 1883Próspero Penados del Barrio, b. 1925Prospero Amatong, b. 1931Próspero Nograles, b. 1947

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)

InformalHola Próspero,Hi Próspero, (English)

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 7 sources across 4 countries.

Reference works 1

  • 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 Próspero mean, and where does it come from?
prosperous, thriving, prospering Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Próspero?
A machine transcription gives /pɾospeɾo/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Próspero a male or female name?
Próspero 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.
In which country does Próspero have the most bearers?
In Venezuela, the national register counted about 1.4 thousand people named Próspero, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Próspero most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Próspero is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 19 thousand people — even though Venezuela holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Próspero?
In Venezuela, the national register counted 1,416 people named Próspero, about 1 in 20 thousand residents.

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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, “Próspero”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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