Ovidio
Masculine
Ovidio is the Spanish and Italian form of Ovid, the Roman poet whose Metamorphoses is the single most important source for Greek myth in western art.
How old is the name Ovidio?
Ovidio first appears in US birth records in 1920 — 105 years ago. The typical Ovidio alive today was born around 1984, making them about 41 years old. About 900 people named Ovidio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ovidio most popular?
Ovidio peaked in 1966, reaching #1891 nationally. Today it ranks #4249, 2,358 places below that high. See the whole 1966 chart.
Where it comes from
From Ovidius to Ovidio
The story of Ovidio
Publius Ovidius Naso wrote love poetry and then the Metamorphoses, a fifteen-book poem of transformations that became the standard reference for classical myth throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance — most of what European painters knew about the Greek gods came from it. He was exiled to the Black Sea by Augustus for reasons he never explains. Ovidio is used in Spain, Italy and Latin America.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Roman family name Ovidius has no established derivation; a connection to ovis, a sheep, has been proposed without support, as is common with Roman gentilicia. The poet's own name is the reason the name exists at all.
How the name formed
- Ovidius
- Ovidio
Related forms: Ovidio · Ovidio · Ovid
Pronouncing Ovidio
oh-VEE-dee-oh
Four syllables with the stress on the second. Every letter is sounded in Spanish.
Nicknames for Ovidio
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1920
- Most boys named
- 202332 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1891reached in 1966
- Change vs 2023
- −25.0%24 in 2025, from 32
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ovidio in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ovidio in Spanish — same name
- Ovidio in Italian — same name
- Ovid in English — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California.
Ovidios among us
people named Ovidio are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 71,170 born in 2025 was named Ovidio
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Mozell test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ovidio's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Mozell climbed just as high around 1944, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Mozell's path sketches the road Ovidio is walking now.
Ovidio sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Ovidio beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ovidio in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- One of the most influential poets in European history stands behind it.
- Ovi is a warm short form already in household use.
- Every letter is said, so Spanish and Italian speakers read it at once.
- The meaning is genuinely unknown, as with most Roman family names.
- Six letters and four syllables is a fair amount for early handwriting.
- It reads as of an older generation to Spanish speakers.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ovidios are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Ovidio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ovidio in 2025?
- Ovidio ranks #4249 among US boy names in 2025, with 24 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ovidio?
- About 1 in every 71,170 US boys born in 2025 was named Ovidio — 24 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ovidio with classmates?
- Ovidio will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ovidio
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