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What does Santiago mean?
Santiago 
▲ as a boys' name is pronounced sahn-tee-AH-go. It is of Spanish origin, and the meaning of Santiago is "Saint James". A blended form of Saint Diego; Diego is a Spanish form of James. James the Greater (of the two apostles by that name) is the patron saint of Spain.
STARTS WITH San-
Variations
VARIANTS Sandiago, Sandiego, Santeago, Santiaco, Santigo
SEE ALSO Iago
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Santiago Ayman (S.A.), ..
How popular is Santiago?
Santiago is a very prominent first name for men (#450 out of 1220, Top 37%) and also a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#302 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Santiago reached its apex position of #81 in the U.S. in the year 2018. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
James (#4 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Diego (#134) and Saint (#859) are the popular related forms of Santiago (#81). Usage of these relations of Santiago was widespread during the years 1940-1949 (MEDIAN #1024) and has become much less since (#269, 77.9% LESS USAGE), with the version James going out of style. Santiago and Saint are two of the more trendy birth names here.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Inigo, Sabino, Sachio, Saguaro, Saige, Salvian, Salviano (see Salvio), Salvino, Salvio, Sancho, Sanctio, Sandero, Sandie, Sandino, Sanditon, Sandro, Sanjay, Sanjiro, Santana▲, Santanna, Sante, Santee, Santino▲, Santo, Santos▲, Sanzio, Saviero, Savino, Sebastiano, Stian and Stig. These names tend to be less commonly used than Santiago.
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