When you have a baby, one of the most important moments is naming it. Here comes a great dilemma since it may be that the mother wants one, while the father wants another. But if in your case they already agreed and decided to name it Santiago, excellent!. And to all this, you know what does it mean this name?
It is possible that if you already decided to call your son Santiago you want to know what it means, and also because there may come a time when your child wants to know what it means and may ask you. Don’t worry, here we give you the answer.
What does the name Santiago mean?
First we will tell you that the name of Santiago It has a Latin derivation, which is derived from the Hebrew “Jacob”. This one comes from “yeagob” or “jacobus” and means “God will reward”.
Spain is one of the names where this name is most often used and which is related to the apostle Santiago “El Mayor”, who is the brother of Saint John the Evangelist. According to religious tradition, his relics are found in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, a sanctuary that today is one of the most famous pilgrimage centers in that country.
Within literature, Santiago It is one name common, which has appeared in popular books, including “The Old Man and the Sea”, being the main character”, as well as in “Chronicle of a Death Foretold”, by the Colombian writer and journalist Gabriel García Márquez.
As we know that the diminutives of names are widely used, those that are related to Santiago They are: Tiago, Yago and Santi, the latter being the most common in Latin American countries, including Mexico, of course.
One of the men named Santiago The person who has stood out the most throughout history was Santiago Ramón y Cajal, a scientist from Madrid specializing in histology and pathological anatomy, who in 1906 shared the Nobel Prize with Camillo Golgi for his work on the structure of the nervous system, as well as having been pioneer in the description of synapses that make up the retina and being conceived by members of the scientific community as “the father of neuroscience”.