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 [ 4 syll. san-tia-go, sa-nti-ago ] The boy name Santiago is pronounced as SAENTiyAAGow KEY. Santiago is mainly used in the Spanish language and its language of origin is also Spanish. The name is from the combination of the Spanish element 'santo' (saint) with Iago, an obsolete Spanish form of James. The name has often been bestowed by Roman Catholics to invoke the protection of Saint James the Greater (-44), a disciple of Jesus and patron saint of Spain. Santiago has 11 variant forms, which are mainly used in other languages. Variant forms of Santiago include the Spanish Antiago, the Spanish Chago, the Spanish Chano, the Spanish and Italian Diego, the Portuguese Diogo, the Spanish Sandiago, the Spanish Sandiego, the Spanish Saniago, the Spanish Tago, the Portuguese, Spanish, and French Tiago, and the Spanish Vego. Santiago is a variant form of the English name James in the Spanish language. See also the related form, the Italian and Welsh Iago. Santiago is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also considered trendy. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1900s. At the modest height of its usage in 2008, 0.107% of baby boys were given the name Santiago. Its ranking then was #171. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Santiago, the English James was the most widely used in 2008. Its use outnumbered Santiago's by 6 times in that year. Baby names that sound like Santiago include the Spanish Sandiago, the Spanish Sandiego, and the Spanish and Portuguese Santos. KEY: English pronunciation for Santiago: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"   |
