Fun Facts About the Name Fabricio
- More than 1 thousand babies named Fabricio: U.S. records list 1,213 babies given the name Fabricio from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Fabricio Mean?
Fabricio is a Romance-language form of the Latin family name Fabricius, whose established sense is craftsman or smith. The Latin name is built on faber (genitive fabri), the ordinary word for a craftsman, smith, or worker in hard material such as wood, stone, or metal. The adjectival ending -icius gives the sense of belonging to or relating to such a person, so the full name originally meant something closer to "of the smith" or "belonging to the craftsman's trade" than to the single word "craftsman."
The one-word rendering "craftsman" is the customary simplification rather than a strict, word-for-word translation of the Latin components.
Fabricio Name History & Origins
Fabricius was a Roman family name (a nomen gentilicium), carried by the gens Fabricia. The best-known bearer in Roman history is Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, consul in 282 and 278 BC and later celebrated in Roman tradition for his integrity, particularly for refusing the bribes and gifts offered by Pyrrhus of Epirus. His reputation gave the name a lasting association with upright conduct, though this is a historical memory attached to the man rather than part of the name's etymology.
From Latin, the name passed into the Romance languages in distinct regional forms. Italian developed Fabrizio as its standard modern shape, while Fabricio also appears there less commonly. Spanish uses Fabricio, and Portuguese uses Fabrício, with an acute accent on the second i. These forms are all reflexes of the same Latin Fabricius, with spelling and stress adjusted to each language's conventions.
Because the name derives from a Roman family name tied to a craft word, it belongs to the large group of Latin personal names formed from occupations and everyday objects. Its use in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries keeps the older Latin form relatively intact, apart from the Portuguese accent mark.
How Popular is the Name Fabricio?
Fabricio has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #1,661 in 2007.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,911 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2024 | #4,099 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2023 | #3,922 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #3,558 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2021 | #3,137 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2020 | #4,908 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2019 | #3,284 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2018 | #3,319 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #2,908 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2016 | #3,316 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2015 | #3,539 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2014 | #3,002 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2013 | #3,015 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2012 | #3,559 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2011 | #4,409 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2010 | #3,333 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2009 | #2,716 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 2008 | #2,557 | 49 | 0.0024% |
| 2007 | #1,661 | 92 | 0.0044% |
| 2006 | #1,673 | 85 | 0.0041% |
| 2005 | #2,582 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 2004 | #2,464 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 2003 | #2,746 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 2002 | #3,484 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2001 | #2,579 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2000 | #3,345 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1999 | #3,133 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1998 | #3,128 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1997 | #2,510 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 1996 | #5,668 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #4,352 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1994 | #6,556 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #4,806 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #6,313 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #6,751 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #6,018 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #5,817 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #6,680 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #5,520 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #6,876 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #6,640 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #6,581 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #6,676 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #6,574 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #6,371 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #4,282 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #5,142 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #5,743 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #4,610 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #4,111 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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