# Virgil (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/virgil/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈvɝdʒɪl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Vergil |
| US babies named this | 73,453 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 72,009 / 1,444 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 20, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Vyrgyle, from Latin Virgilius, from the Roman clan name Vergilius, from Etruscan and of unknown meaning.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 7 | 5,879 |
| 1964 | 8 | 5,458 |
| 1965 | 9 | 4,819 |
| 1967 | 7 | 6,026 |
| 1968 | 5 | 8,171 |
| 1969 | 7 | 6,601 |
| 1971 | 7 | 7,364 |
| 1972 | 6 | 8,259 |
| 1973 | 9 | 6,067 |
| 1976 | 8 | 7,277 |
| 1977 | 6 | 9,622 |
| 1978 | 7 | 8,539 |
| 1980 | 6 | 10,358 |
| 1981 | 5 | 12,143 |
| 1985 | 5 | 12,450 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 73 | 1,925 |
| 2012 | 50 | 2,516 |
| 2013 | 68 | 2,018 |
| 2014 | 75 | 1,943 |
| 2015 | 70 | 2,052 |
| 2016 | 88 | 1,762 |
| 2017 | 96 | 1,660 |
| 2018 | 73 | 2,014 |
| 2019 | 91 | 1,735 |
| 2020 | 85 | 1,787 |
| 2021 | 101 | 1,657 |
| 2022 | 81 | 1,937 |
| 2023 | 123 | 1,471 |
| 2024 | 114 | 1,550 |
| 2025 | 129 | 1,417 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## In other languages

- Greek: Βιργίλιος, Βεργίλιος
- Italian: Virgilio
- Japanese: ヴァージル, バージル, ウェルギリウス
- Romanian: Virgiliu, Virgil
- Russian: Вёрджил, Верги́лий
- Arabic: فِرْجِيل, فَرْقِيلَش
- Armenian: Վերգիլիոս, Վիրգիլիոս
- Bulgarian: Верги́лий
- Catalan: Virgili
- Chinese: 维吉尔
- Dutch: Vergilius
- Esperanto: Virgilio, Vergilio
- Finnish: Vergilius
- French: Virgile
- German: Vergil
- Hungarian: Vergilius
- Icelandic: Virgill
- Indonesian: Vergilius
- Latin: Vergilius, Virgilius
- Latvian: Vergilijs

## People named Virgil

- Virgil van Dijk, Dutch association football player (born 1991)
- Virgil Abloh, American fashion designer (1980-2021)
- Virgil Widrich, Austrian director and scriptwriter (born 1967)
- Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic (1896–1989)
- Virgil Misidjan, Dutch-Surinamese association football player
- Virgil Hill, American boxer
- Virgil Jacomini, American rower (1899–1984)
- Virgil Donati, Australian drummer (born 1958)
- Virgil Griffith, American computer programmer
- Virgil Earp, deputy US marshal and soldier (1843–1905)
- Virgil Bercea, Bishop of the Greek Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare
- Virgil Fox, American musician (1912–1980)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.