Santiago is a name of Spanish origin, and is a version of the name James. James is of Hebrew origin, derived from the name Jacob, which means ‘supplanter’ or ‘holder of the heel’.
Santiago is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The first name Santiago is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #91 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Santiago, accounting for approximately 0.20 % of all newborn boys. In the entire USA, approximately 79,675 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Santiago. That is 0.02 % of all living Americans.
Santiago Cabrera (*1978)
The Chilean-British actor Santiago Cabrera is best known for his roles as Isaac Mendez in the television series 'Heroes' (2006,2007,2009), Lancelot in the BBC drama series 'Merlin' (2008 – 2011), and Aramis in the BBC series 'The Musketeers' (2014 – 2016). He gained even wider recognition for starring as Captain Cristóbal 'Cris' Rios in 'Star Trek: Picard' (2019). Cabrera speaks Spanish, English, French and Italian fluently.
Santiago Espinal (*1994)
Santiago Roman Espinal is a Dominican professional baseball infielder. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 10th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft and two years later, was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays MLB. He since played for several Minor League Baseball teams. Espinal has been praised for his defensive abilities, and is considered a top prospect within the Blue Jays organization.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852 - 1934)
The Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist Santiago Ram????y Cajal specialized in neuroanatomy and the central nervous system. Together with [Camillo Golgi he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906, becoming the first person of Spanish origin to win a scientific Nobel Prize. Because of his work on the microscopic structure of the brain he is considered a pioneer of modern neuroscience hundreds of his drawings of the arborizations of brain cells are still in use.
Santiago Calatrava (*1951)
Santiago Calatrava Valls is a Spanish architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter, particularly known for his eyecatching designs of bridges, railway stations, stadiums, and museums. The sculptural forms often resemble living organisms. Among his most notable works are the Gare de Lyon Saint-Exup鲹 (1989 1994), the Atrium of Brookfield Place in Toronto, Canada (1992), the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas, Texas (2012) or the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York City (2016). Calatrava received several awards including the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects in 2005.
When you hear the name Santiago, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Santiago? Are you also called Santiago? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
The Old Town of the Spanish city Santiago de Compostela was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. It is located in northwestern Spain.
in the Americas is called Santiago. The city of about 6 million inhabitants serves as capital of Chile.
is named Santiago. Its most important agricultural centre is home to half the nation's population - it has 294,135 residents.
in Orange County is called Santiago Peak. The pinnacle of the southern mountain of the Saddleback landform is named for Santiago Creek, beginning on its southwestern slope.
in the U.S. bear the name Santiago High School. They are both located in the state of California: in Garden Grove and Corona.
bear the name Santiago - in the U.S. alone are five Santiagos. In the Americas, there are so many of them that it's nearly impossible to name them all.
#49 - this is the highest rank Santiago has ever achieved. Not many names manage to reach such a high popularity in even one of the 140+ years of recording. The last time Santiago reached this top spot was in 2022 when 6,017 newborn boys were given this name. But as our statistics show, Santiago hasn't always been a popular name: in some years of record, most recently in the year 1899, not a single newborn or less than 5 were named Santiago (a name is only included in the official statistics if it has been given at least 5 times in a year). Nevertheless, the name Santiago has accompanied people in this country for a long time. It turns out that this name fits very well into our time today. From zero to hero - even though it took a while for Santiago to really catch on, it has become a very popular name.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Santiago was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter S is a quite popular first letter for boys’ names. Because: 5.9% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for boys’ names are J, A and D.
With eight letters, the name Santiago is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
This means that with 5.9% of all boys' names that begin with an S, this first letter is much more common than all 26 letters on average - and the most popular one of all the boys’ names starting with S is Steven.
If your name is Santiago and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Santiago, you can simply say:
Sun
Apple
Nut
Tiger
Igloo
Apple
Goat
Orange
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Santiago
Santiago
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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O
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Santiago sounds like this:
