Meaning of the nameAbílio

Male
Latin origin
A-bí-li-o

Abílio is a masculine name of Latin origin and uncertain meaning, linked either to Latin abilius or to the Roman name Avilius.

Meaning

The meaning of Abílio is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 9,230
Rank in Brazil: #1,821
Median age: 62 years
2010 Census: 13,744; people

Abílio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Abílio, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (1,867 people).

0 women 9,211 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Abílio is most common

States with the highest share of people named Abílio in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio Grande do Sul 0.007%
Bahia 0.006%
Espírito Santo 0.006%
Paraná 0.006%
Santa Catarina 0.006%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,204	0.005%
Minas Gerais	964	0.005%
Bahia	850	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	738	0.007%
Rio de Janeiro	664	0.004%
Paraná	638	0.006%
Santa Catarina	420	0.006%
Goiás	320	0.005%
Pernambuco	279	0.003%
Pará	228	0.003%
Espírito Santo	224	0.006%
Mato Grosso	200	0.006%
Ceará	191	0.002%
Maranhão	186	0.003%
Piauí	179	0.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul	129	0.005%
Paraíba	118	0.003%
Distrito Federal	115	0.004%
Alagoas	97	0.003%
Amazonas	92	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	91	0.003%
Tocantins	90	0.006%
Rondônia	79	0.005%
Sergipe	73	0.003%
Roraima	26	0.004%
Acre	21	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Abílio

Wiktionary says Abílio perhaps comes from Latin abilius, 'not vengeful', and that it may be linked to Abelardo. Behind the Name relates Abílio to the Roman name Avilius, which it considers to be of unknown meaning. Because the two explanations do not coincide, the meaning of the name is not known for certain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Abilhio and Ablio as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,230 people named Abílio, with a median age of 62; the name is almost always male and, proportionally, most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Wiktionary: Abílio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Avilius · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Abilio · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Abilio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Abílio

What does the name Abílio mean?

The meaning of Abílio is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Abílio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,230 people with the first name Abílio, which ranks it number 1,821 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Abílio a boy's or a girl's name?

Abílio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 9,211 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Abílio?

Abílio is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Abílio most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.007% of the state's population is named Abílio (738 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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