Zenobio
given name · Latin script
Meaning: masc. form of Zenobia; from Greek name associated with Zeus
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 9 countries · latest register: IBGE, 2022
/seˈno.β̞jo/(recorded in a dictionary) Spanish · from Wiktionary
Zenobio is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Peru than in any other country.
- PEPeru≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- BOBolivia≈1 in 11Kfew records
- ARArgentina≈1 in 280K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Zenobio itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. 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.
- Peru (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 54 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,100 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Bolivia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)masc. form of Zenobia; from Greek name associated with Zeus
Cited for this meaning 1
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Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Zenobio 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE Peru | — | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Zenobio | 32 |
| BO Bolivia | #266 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Zenobio | 15 |
| BR Brazil | — | 649 | 1 in 326K | 765 | Zenobio | 41 |
| MX Mexico | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 650K | — | Zenobio | 21 |
| AR Argentina | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 285K | 91 | Zenobio | 28 |
| VE Venezuela | — | ≈92 est. | ≈1 in 309K | — | Zenobio | 5 |
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: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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)Zenobio is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, a male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage, equivalent to English Zenobius
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, Probabilmente da Zen='Giove' e bia='forza'.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, Probabilmente da Zen = Giove, e bia = forza. Forse i Toscani importarono in Friuli il loro Bobi. donde i cogn. Bubinut. -tto. Bubba. Uguale etimologia per il piemontese Bobba (T).
as a nameNomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche
In Latin, dative/ablative singular of Zēnobius
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)- Zenobio Maria Benuccib. 1779FRRoman Catholic bishop
- Zenobio Lorenzo Guillandb. 1890ARArgentine bishop
- Zenobio Dagha Sapaicob. 1920PEPeruvian composer and violinist
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)16 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 9 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Zenobio mean, and where does it come from?
- masc. form of Zenobia; from Greek name associated with Zeus Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- How do you pronounce Zenobio?
- It depends on the language: in Spanish /seˈno.β̞jo/ (Wiktionary); in Portuguese /zenubju/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- Is Zenobio a male or female name?
- Zenobio is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Brazil (Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)).
- Which countries have the most people named Zenobio?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.1 thousand people named Zenobio in Peru, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zenobio. After it come Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico and Argentina; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Zenobio?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 649 people named Zenobio in 2022, about 1 in 326 thousand residents.
- How common is Zenobio compared with other names?
- In Bolivia, Zenobio is the 266th most common given name of 14,891 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zenobioThe 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, “Zenobio” — the 266th most common given name in Bolivia. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.