Diego

«The one who supplants; variant of James»

That is the heart of Diego: a name of Hebrew origin that needs no further explanation.

4 is its number and Uranus its planet. Steady, disciplined and hardworking. It all adds up to something clear: discipline, loyalty and stability.

Numerology reads Diego in three keys:

Expression 4 · Uranus: Steady, disciplined and hardworking.

Soul 2 · Moon: beneath the surface, its compass points to peace and closeness.

Personality 11 · Master 11: the image it projects is radiant and intuitive.

Hebrew is the language of the Bible and one of the richest sources of names with deep spiritual meaning. Diego belongs to that family: it means «The one who supplants; variant of James» and still says it with the same force. By its number 4, Diego is linked to the day Saturday, the color Blue, the element Earth and the stone Sapphire.

Diego is in a quieter moment. Between 2020 and 2025, 16,414 boys named Diego were registered in the U.S. (rank #137), according to the Social Security Administration.

It ranked #118 in the 2010s, so it's heard less often now. That has its charm: a name everyone recognizes, that fewer classmates will share.

It entered the top 200 in the 2000s and hasn't left since.

Source: Social Security Administration (U.S.), official records by decade, as of 2026.

Does Diego sound right with your last name? That is the real test: say it out loud. The meaning is already won («The one who supplants; variant of James»); your ear does the rest. To fine-tune the decision, try its compatibility with another name on Astra.

History. Diego is of Spanish tradition; for centuries it was linked to Santiago (James), and some tie it to the Greek «didáskō», to teach.

✦ Did you know? Saint Juan Diego, a 16th-century Mexican indigenous man, is central to the tradition of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

The name day is celebrated on November 13, in honor of San Diego de Alcalá.

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