Tarcisio

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

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

Tarcisio is also recorded as 6 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 Tarċisio, Tarcísio

• Hindi given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Switzerland

  Also written Tarcísio

• Russian name5 spellings in the group

  Also written Тарчизио, Tarcísio

• Swahili given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kenya, Philippines, United States

  Also written Tarcísio

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Tarcísio

• a separate name7 spellings in the group

  Also written Tarcísio

35 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)

Tarcisio 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.

• Proveniente da Tarso

  as a name·Il 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)

• Tarcisiusb. 246ITnot in their usual namemartyr of the early Christian church, saint
• Tarcisio Stramareb. 1928ITItalian writer (1928-2020)
• Tarcisio Bertoneb. 1934ITcardinal of the Catholic Church
• Tarcisio Meratib. 1934ITItalian painter (1934-1995)
• Tarcísio Meirab. 1935BRBrazilian actor (1935–2021)
• Tarcisio Burgnichb. 1939ITItalian footballer (1939-2021)
• Tarcisio Isao Kikuchib. 1958JPJapanese archbishop
• Tarcísio Filhob. 1964BRBrazilian actor and director
• Tarcísio de Freitasb. 1975BRBrazilian engineer, minister of Brazil Infrastructure, governor of São Paulo
• Tarcisio Lopes da Silvab. 1991BRBrazilian footballer

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)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Tarcisio mean?

Recorded meaning: Dal latino Tarsitius, forse da Tarso; nome del martire dell’Eucaristia.

In which country does Tarcisio have the most bearers?

In Brazil, the national register counted about 31 thousand people named Tarcisio, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tarcisio.

Where is Tarcisio most common?

Tarcisio is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 6.9 thousand people carrying it.

How do you pronounce Tarcisio?

A machine transcription gives /taxsizju/ (IPA) for Portuguese.

Is Tarcisio a male or female name?

Tarcisio 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.

How common is the name Tarcisio?

In Brazil, the national register counted 30,780 people named Tarcisio in 2022, about 1 in 6.9 thousand residents.

How common is Tarcisio compared with other names?

In Brazil, Tarcisio is the 790th most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.