Meaning of the nameAgenor

Male
Greek origin
A-ge-nor

Agenor is a masculine name of Greek origin, from the name of figures in mythology, linked to a poetic Greek word meaning "very manly, heroic".

Meaning

“very manly, heroic”

Source: Behind the Name: Agenor

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People (2022): 20,559
Rank in Brazil: #1,045
Median age: 63 years
2010 Census: 28,461; people

Agenor in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Agenor, 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 (5,112 people).

52 women 20,507 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 Agenor is most common

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

Santa Catarina 0.020%
Bahia 0.017%
Piauí 0.016%
Tocantins 0.013%
Paraná 0.012%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	4,180	0.009%
Bahia	2,338	0.017%
Minas Gerais	1,696	0.008%
Santa Catarina	1,527	0.020%
Paraná	1,408	0.012%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,265	0.012%
Pará	958	0.012%
Goiás	761	0.011%
Pernambuco	726	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	710	0.004%
Ceará	606	0.007%
Maranhão	585	0.009%
Piauí	533	0.016%
Amazonas	426	0.011%
Mato Grosso	384	0.011%
Rio Grande do Norte	354	0.011%
Alagoas	317	0.010%
Mato Grosso do Sul	315	0.011%
Espírito Santo	313	0.008%
Paraíba	286	0.007%
Distrito Federal	208	0.007%
Tocantins	202	0.013%
Rondônia	191	0.012%
Sergipe	114	0.005%
Amapá	76	0.010%
Acre	43	0.005%
Roraima	37	0.006%

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

About the name Agenor

Agenor comes from Ancient Greek Ἀγήνωρ, via Latin Agenor, the name of several figures in Greek mythology, among them a king of Tyre, in Phoenicia, father of Europa and Cadmus. According to Behind the Name, the Greek word that gave rise to the name is poetic and means "very manly, heroic", formed from the elements "very" and "man". In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 20,559 people named Agenor, with a median age of 63. It is a name of older generations, with the most records among those born in the 1950s; proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina, and it is almost always male. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Ajenor as a spelling variant.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Agenor

What does the name Agenor mean?

Agenor means “very manly, heroic”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Agenor in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 20,559 people with the first name Agenor, which ranks it number 1,045 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Agenor is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 52 women and 20,507 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Agenor?

Agenor is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Agenor most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.020% of the state's population is named Agenor (1,527 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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