Rosendo

Where Rosendo comes from

Surname from transferred use of given name, of Spanish, Galician, or Portuguese origin, from Medieval Latin Rudesindus, from the Germanic (Gothic) name Rudesind, composed of the elements *𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃 (*hrōþs, “glory, fame”) and *𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (*sinþs, “path”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz + *sinþaz.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rosendo
  • Spanish
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #936 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1922
    Rosendo Hernández born
    Spanish footballer
  3. 1930
    Peak, #855
    59 babies named Rosendo — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1932
    Rosendo Huesca Pacheco born
    Mexican Roman Catholic prelate
  5. 1933
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,361.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Spanish.
Namesakes
  • Rosendo Hernández · Spanish footballer, 1922–2006
  • Rosendo Huesca Pacheco · Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, 1932–2017
  • Rosendo Mercado · Spanish rock musician, born 1954
  • Rosendo Mendizábal · Argentine musician, 1868–1913
  • Rosendo Álvarez · Nicaraguan boxer, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.