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Iago
OriginWelsh and Galician variation of James and Jacob
Meaning"supplanter"
US Rank#12732
2025 SSA
About Iago
Iago, the villain of Shakespeare's Othello, was so treacherously evil that his name has hardly ever been heard offstage. Try the much-more-benign Inigo.
Pronounced ee-AH-go.
As of October 2026, Iago ranked #12732 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #7971 in 2022.
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