Aniceto

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

How Aniceto is read●(measured from records)

Aniceto is one spelling over 3 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.

• Spanish71%

  Greek 'Ανίκητος, 'invincible'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• Portuguese13%

  Anicetus (a guardian god of Mount Olympus)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  pope).

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• English11%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Aniceto in English.

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Aniceto is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• From Greek Anikétos ‘unconquered’ or ‘unconquerable’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• Hombre invencible, de gran fuerza

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese form of Latin Anic tus , a derivative of Greek Anik tos ‘unconquered’ or ‘unconquerable’, from a - not + nikein to conquer. This was the name of a 2nd-century pope of Syrian origin; see NIKITA .

  as a word

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)

• Infante Enrique of Spainb. 1823ESnot in their usual nameSpanish infante, I Duke of Seville and officer in the Spanish Navy (1823-1870)
• Aniceto Arceb. 1824BOBolivian politician (1824–1906)
• Aniceto Esquivel Sáenzb. 1824CRPresident of Costa Rica (1824-1898)
• Aniceto Vergara Albanob. 1825CLChilean politician
• Aniceto dos Reis Gonçalves Vianab. 1840PTPortuguese writer
• Aniceto Lacsonb. 1857PHFilipino general
• Aniceto Marinasb. 1866ESSpanish sculptor (1866–1953)
• Aniceto Rodríguezb. 1917CLChilean politician
• Anicet Utsetb. 1932ESnot in their usual nameSpanish road bicycle racer
• Aniceto Guterres Lopesb. 1967TLEast Timorese lawyer

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 Aniceto mean, and where does it come from?

Anicetus (a guardian god of Mount Olympus) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Aniceto?

A machine transcription gives /aniθeto/ (IPA) for Spanish.

Is Aniceto a male or female name?

Aniceto 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 Aniceto have the most bearers?

Aniceto is most frequently recorded in Mexico.