Tiago
Tiago carries the same root as Jakub and Kuba: the Latin Iacobus, lifted out of Santiago, Saint James. Most Poles have never met one, yet it is climbing now, given only to boys.
Tiago Pronunciation
Tiago is pronounced TYAH-go (/ˈtjagɔ/).
What Tiago means
Where Tiago comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tiago is a fragment of a longer name. Spanish pilgrims walked toward Santiago de Compostela, and that word folds two pieces together: Sant Iago, meaning Saint James. Lift Iago out of the saint's name and you arrive at the Latin Iacobus, the form standing behind James and Jacob alike.
The Polish gloss wypierający, in English supplanter, reaches back past Latin to the Hebrew Jacob, born gripping his twin brother's heel. That reading of the name, one who takes another's place, was attached later, drawn from the old story rather than from any Spanish or Latin root. Tiago shows none of that struggle on its surface.
On a class register in Kraków, Tiago now sits among the Jakubs and Kubas without translation, its Spanish shape intact. His imieniny falls on 25 July with Saint James, the same Santiago the pilgrims once sought. The root holds: Iacobus.
How many people are named Tiago
1 in 85045 men in Poland is named Tiago. 251 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1939 among male names.
Tiago's popularity over time
5 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #965 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2010.
Where Tiago is most popular
Tiago is most popular in Lesser Poland, 308% above the national average (3 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Greater Poland (+187%) and Silesian (+171%).
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Lesser Poland3 boys born+308%
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Greater Poland2 boys born+187%
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Silesian2 boys born+171%
Tiago as a middle name
Tiago is a first name for 251 men in Poland and a middle name for another 41, an 86/14 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1247th, between Tanaka (41) and Antero (40).
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#1245 Stefano41
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#1246 Tanaka41
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#1247 Tiago41
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#1248 Antero40
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#1249 Bjorn40