Venancio
Masculine · “hunter”
Venancio is the Spanish form of Venantius, a Latin name meaning hunter. Its most lasting bearer was the poet Venantius Fortunatus, whose hymn Vexilla Regis, written in sixth-century Gaul, is still sung in churches in the days before Easter.
How old is the name Venancio?
Venancio first appears in US birth records in 1919 — 106 years ago. The typical Venancio alive today was born around 1986, making them about 39 years old. About 400 people named Venancio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Venancio most popular?
Venancio peaked in 1943, reaching #2732 nationally. See the whole 1943 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Latin venari to Venancio
The story of Venancio
Venantius Fortunatus was born near Treviso in northern Italy, crossed into Gaul, and settled at Poitiers near the convent of Queen Radegund. When a relic of the Cross arrived there, he wrote two hymns for it, Vexilla Regis prodeunt and Pange lingua gloriosi proelium certaminis, and both have stayed in the Western liturgy ever since; he ended his life as bishop of Poitiers. In Spanish the name became Venancio, and in the nineteenth century it belonged to Venancio Flores, the Uruguayan general and president who was assassinated in Montevideo in 1868, on the same day his rival Bernardo Berro was killed.
Meaning
hunter
From Latin Venantius, built on venari, to hunt.
How the name formed
- Latin venari
- Venantius
- Venancio
Related forms: Venantius · Venanzio · Venance · Venâncio
Pronouncing Venancio
beh-NAHN-see-oh
Spanish says the v like a soft b and, in Latin America, the c like an s. English speakers usually say veh-NAN-see-oh.
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
- 1919
- Most boys named
- 200514 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2732reached in 1943
- Change vs 2022
- +66.7%10 in 2023, from 6
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.
Venancio in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Venantius in Latin — related form
- Venanzio in Italian — related form
- Venance in French — related form
- Venâncio in Portuguese — related form
Venancios among us
people named Venancio are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Venancio sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A settled Latin meaning, hunter, and a poet whose hymns are still sung.
- Used in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian forms.
- Four syllables with a steady stress on the second.
- Rare in the United States; expect to spell it and to explain the pronunciation.
- In Uruguay the name recalls a president killed in office; it is a history-book association rather than a current one.
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Frequently asked
- How many Venancios are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Venancio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Venancio in 2025?
- Venancio is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
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- Venancio will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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