Oviedo as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Oviedo

What is the meaning of the name Oviedo ?

The baby name Oviedo is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Spanish IPA: /oˈβjeðo/; English approximation: oh-VYEH-doh.

Oviedo is Spanish in Origin.

Oviedo is a Spanish toponymic given name and more commonly a surname, taken from the capital of Asturias in northern Spain. The place-name appears in medieval Latin as Ovetum; its deeper etymology is uncertain, and in Asturian the city is called Uviéu. As a personal name it conveys “from Oviedo” or an affiliation with the city or its diocese. Use as a first name is rare but found in Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines, where Spanish surnames sometimes shift into given-name use.

Its visibility owes much to Oviedo’s early-medieval status as a royal seat and a pilgrimage center, which seeded the surname widely; notable bearers include the chronicler Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo. Modern nickname forms include Ovi. Variant spellings such as Ovideo or Ovedo occur occasionally. Not to be confused with Ovidio (from Latin Ovidius), a different name meaning “shepherd.”