Fun Facts About the Name Servando
- More than 2 thousand babies named Servando: U.S. records list 2,203 babies given the name Servando from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Servando Mean?
Servando is a Spanish and Portuguese masculine name that comes from the Latin Servandus. That Latin form is a gerundive of the verb servare, which means "to keep," "to preserve," "to guard," or "to save." A gerundive names something that is to be done or ought to be done, so Servandus means "one who is to be preserved" or "one who is to be saved." It follows the same Latin pattern as Amandus ("one to be loved") and Mirandus ("one to be wondered at"). Spanish and Portuguese regularly changed the Latin ending -us to -o, giving Servando; the feminine form is Servanda. The meaning rests on the Latin verb rather than on a biblical word or a translated Hebrew or Greek name. Looser glosses such as "preserver" or "guardian" are customary readings of the gerundive rather than its literal sense.
Servando Name History & Origins
Latin Servandus was a name used in the Roman world, and like other gerundive names it was adopted by Christians. In Spain the name is closely tied to Servandus, venerated as a martyr together with Germanus. Traditional accounts place their martyrdom in southern Spain under the emperor Diocletian, and their cult was centered in Cádiz and Seville, with a feast on 23 October. Devotion to these saints kept the name in use in the Iberian Peninsula. In Toledo, the castle and former monastery of San Servando are dedicated to a saint of this name, one of several Spanish religious sites that carry it.
From Latin the name passed into Spanish and Portuguese as Servando, and it later traveled with Spanish and Portuguese speakers to the Americas. It is used as a given name in Spain and in Latin American countries including Mexico and Cuba. A well-known bearer is the Mexican Dominican friar and independence-era politician Servando Teresa de Mier (1765 - 1827). The feminine form Servanda developed alongside it.
How Popular is the Name Servando?
Servando 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 #1,585 in 1953.
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 | #5,574 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2024 | #6,110 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #7,223 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #5,394 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #5,296 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #6,561 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #5,305 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #4,585 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2017 | #4,719 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2016 | #3,872 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2015 | #3,862 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2014 | #5,225 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2013 | #3,734 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2012 | #5,682 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2011 | #4,195 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2010 | #5,988 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #3,535 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2008 | #2,930 | 41 | 0.0020% |
| 2007 | #2,252 | 59 | 0.0028% |
| 2006 | #3,295 | 33 | 0.0016% |
| 2005 | #3,005 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2004 | #2,125 | 56 | 0.0028% |
| 2003 | #2,201 | 50 | 0.0025% |
| 2002 | #2,330 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 2001 | #2,005 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 2000 | #2,169 | 47 | 0.0024% |
| 1999 | #2,451 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 1998 | #2,307 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 1997 | #1,958 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 1996 | #2,212 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 1995 | #2,171 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 1994 | #1,712 | 53 | 0.0027% |
| 1993 | #2,388 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 1992 | #2,208 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 1991 | #2,090 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 1990 | #2,479 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1989 | #2,288 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 1988 | #2,243 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1987 | #2,108 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1986 | #2,148 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1985 | #2,347 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1984 | #2,152 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1983 | #2,007 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1982 | #2,159 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1981 | #1,896 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1980 | #2,435 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1979 | #2,223 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1978 | #2,262 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1977 | #2,542 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1976 | #1,988 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 1975 | #1,937 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 1974 | #1,926 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 1973 | #2,587 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1972 | #1,920 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1971 | #2,108 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1970 | #2,863 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1969 | #3,882 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #2,295 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1967 | #2,126 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1966 | #2,602 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1965 | #2,159 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1964 | #3,247 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #2,190 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1962 | #1,949 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1961 | #1,990 | 18 | 0.0008% |
| 1960 | #2,027 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1959 | #1,966 | 18 | 0.0008% |
| 1958 | #2,621 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1957 | #2,008 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1956 | #1,937 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1955 | #2,415 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1954 | #2,303 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1953 | #1,585 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1952 | #2,492 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1951 | #1,962 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1950 | #2,188 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1949 | #2,436 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1948 | #2,103 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1947 | #1,842 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1946 | #2,018 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1945 | #2,960 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1944 | #3,071 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1943 | #2,384 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1942 | #2,133 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1941 | #3,444 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1940 | #3,417 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1939 | #3,435 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1938 | #3,959 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1937 | #2,076 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1936 | #2,429 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1935 | #2,112 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1934 | #3,236 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1933 | #2,196 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1932 | #2,177 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1931 | #2,623 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1930 | #2,983 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1929 | #2,941 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1928 | #2,142 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1927 | #4,142 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1926 | #4,119 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #2,566 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1924 | #2,995 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1923 | #2,911 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1922 | #4,861 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1921 | #3,466 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1919 | #4,711 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1918 | #4,712 | 5 | 0.0005% |
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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