Meaning of the nameAécio

Aécio is a male name of Greek origin, arriving through the Latin Aetius, that possibly means 'eagle'.

Meaning

“eagle (possibly)”

Source: Wiktionary: Aetius · Behind the Name: Aetius

People (2022): 4,966
Rank in Brazil: #2,748
Median age: 45 years
2010 Census: 5,190; people

Aécio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Aécio, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (1,501 people).

0 women 4,951 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 Aécio is most common

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

Sergipe 0.007%
Bahia 0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.005%
Minas Gerais 0.005%
Mato Grosso 0.004%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	973	0.005%
Bahia	733	0.005%
São Paulo	667	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	304	0.002%
Pernambuco	253	0.003%
Maranhão	174	0.003%
Ceará	173	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	161	0.005%
Sergipe	154	0.007%
Mato Grosso	142	0.004%
Paraíba	140	0.004%
Goiás	131	0.002%
Piauí	120	0.004%
Distrito Federal	106	0.004%
Pará	103	0.001%
Paraná	101	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	96	0.001%
Espírito Santo	89	0.002%
Alagoas	79	0.003%
Santa Catarina	60	0.001%
Rondônia	50	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	46	0.002%
Amazonas	44	0.001%
Tocantins	23	0.002%
Roraima	21	0.003%

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

About the name Aécio

Wiktionary records Aécio as a learned borrowing from the Latin Aetius, which came from the Greek name Ἀέτιος (Aétios). Wiktionary and Behind the Name link the Greek name to ἀετός (aetós), 'eagle'; Wiktionary says the derivation is possible. Behind the Name gives Ezio as the Italian form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,966 people named Aécio, with a median age of 45.

Sources

Wiktionary: Aécio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Aetius · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Aetius · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Aecio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Aécio

What does the name Aécio mean?

Aécio means “eagle (possibly)”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Aécio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,966 people with the first name Aécio, which ranks it number 2,748 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Aécio a boy's or a girl's name?

Aécio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 4,951 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Aécio?

Aécio is a name of Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Aécio most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.007% of the state's population is named Aécio (154 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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