Goncalo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- gon-SAH-loo
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Goncalo is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Goncalo mean?
Germanic: Portuguese form of Gonzalo, via Visigothic Gundisalvus
Usually written Gonçalo; the first element of Gundisalvus means 'battle', while the second is uncertain.
Is Goncalo a girl's or a boy's name?
Goncalo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Goncalo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Goncalo, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Goncalo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Goncalo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
Names like Goncalo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Iago, Rocco, Cruz, Luca, Thiago, Diego, Santiago, Marco, Angelo, Rodrigo, Arlo, Romeo
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Goncalo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/goncalo, updated 20 October 2026.