Capelo

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Capelo is one spelling over 4 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.

• Spanish34%

  red hat worn by cardinals

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

• Portuguese31%

  cowl (monk’s hood)

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

• English21%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Capelo in English.

• French6.6%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Capelo in French.

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Capelo is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French surname8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Portugal

  Also written Capélo, Capèlo, Capelò, Càpélo, Capêlo

31 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.

Capelo 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.

• In Galician, navelwort, pennywort (Umbilicus rupestris)

  as a word·kaikki.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.

• Hermenegildo Capelob. 1839PTexplorer and Portuguese Naval admiral (1841-1917)
• Joaquín Capelob. 1852PEPeruvian civil engineer and sociologist (1852-1925)
• José Capelo Franco Frazãob. 1872PTPortuguese politician
• António Capelob. 1956PTPortuguese actor and director
• José Capelob. 1956ESSpanish banker
• Fiorella Fernanda MazineBRnot in their usual nameBrazilian botanist
• Ana CapeloPTresearcher

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).

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

What does the name Capelo mean, and where does it come from?

red hat worn by cardinals Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Capelo?

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

In which country does Capelo have the most bearers?

In Brazil, the national register counted about 1.7 thousand people named Capelo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled capelo.

How common is the name Capelo?

In Brazil, the national register counted 1,671 people named Capelo, about 1 in 127 thousand residents.

How common is Capelo compared with other names?

In Portugal, Capelo is the 489th most common surname of 45,564 surnames recorded there.