What Diego means
Diego is a boy name of Spanish origin meaning "supplanter". It comes from Spanish Diego, probably from Tiago (Santiago: Saint James, from Hebrew Ya'aqov: supplanter); Latinized as Didacus and folk-linked to Greek didache (teaching). It is pronounced dee-EH-go.
Etymology uncertain; the link to Santiago is the leading theory. Saint Juan Diego, who saw the Virgin of Guadalupe in 1531, and the muralist Diego Rivera.
About this meaning. The etymology is uncertain or disputed. The reading above is the best-supported one; popular baby-name sites often give a more romantic gloss that the dictionaries do not confirm.
Popularity: among the top names for newborns in Mexico. See the current top names.
