Meaning of the nameAdauto

Male
Latin origin
A-dau-to

Adauto is a masculine name of Latin origin, the Portuguese form of the name of the martyr and saint Adauctus, which matches the Latin participle adauctus, 'increased'.

Meaning

The meaning of Adauto 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): 6,356
Rank in Brazil: #2,316
Median age: 54 years
2010 Census: 6,436; people

Adauto in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adauto, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,728 people).

0 women 6,339 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 Adauto is most common

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

São Paulo 0.005%
Ceará 0.004%
Pernambuco 0.004%
Paraíba 0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.004%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,260	0.005%
Minas Gerais	692	0.003%
Bahia	457	0.003%
Ceará	374	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	357	0.002%
Pernambuco	354	0.004%
Paraná	335	0.003%
Goiás	152	0.002%
Paraíba	148	0.004%
Pará	119	0.002%
Mato Grosso	111	0.003%
Espírito Santo	106	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	103	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	98	0.001%
Distrito Federal	92	0.003%
Santa Catarina	86	0.001%
Piauí	85	0.003%
Maranhão	74	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	70	0.002%
Alagoas	63	0.002%
Amazonas	57	0.001%
Rondônia	45	0.003%
Sergipe	33	0.002%
Tocantins	32	0.002%
Acre	31	0.004%

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

About the name Adauto

Wiktionary lists Adauto, in the entry for the Latin participle adauctus ('increased'), as the Portuguese form of the name of the martyr and saint Adauctus. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Adaulto as a spelling variant. The meaning of the name itself is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,356 people named Adauto, with a median age of 54. Almost all are men, and most were born between 1950 and 1979.

Sources

Wiktionary: adauctus · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adauto · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Adauto

What does the name Adauto mean?

The meaning of Adauto 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 Adauto in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,356 people with the first name Adauto, which ranks it number 2,316 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Adauto a boy's or a girl's name?

Adauto is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 6,339 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Adauto?

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

In which Brazilian state is Adauto most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.005% of the state's population is named Adauto (2,260 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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