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Gonzalo - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Gonzalo

[ 3 syll. gon-za-lo, go-nz-alo ] The boy name Gonzalo is pronounced as GaaNZAALow KEY. Gonzalo is used mostly in Spanish and its language of origin is Germanic. From the words 'gund' which means fight ; 'salv' ; 'salvus' which means whole, safe. An old form of the name is Gundisalvus (Latinized). The name is of a Germanic or Visigothic origin, derived from the elements 'gund' (fight) and 'salv', which is probably from the Latin 'salvus' (whole, safe).

Gonzalo is rare as a baby boy name. At the modest peak of its usage in 2000, 0.012% of baby boys were named Gonzalo. It had a ranking of #695 then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is currently used on a very light scale. Out of all boy names in its family, Gonzalo was nevertheless the most widely used in 2008.

KEY: English pronunciation for Gonzalo: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"


 
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Meaning of Gonzalo