Meaning of the nameAgostinho

Male
Latin origin
A-gos-ti-nho

Agostinho is a masculine name of Latin origin, the Portuguese form of Augustinus, derived from augustus, 'majestic, venerable'.

Meaning

“relating to Augustus; 'august, majestic, venerable'”

Source: Wiktionary: Agostinho · Wiktionary: augustus

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People (2022): 11,207
Rank in Brazil: #1,570
Median age: 63 years
2010 Census: 14,698; people

Agostinho in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Agostinho, 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 (3,059 people).

35 women 11,172 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 Agostinho is most common

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

Santa Catarina 0.010%
Piauí 0.010%
Minas Gerais 0.010%
Paraná 0.008%
Espírito Santo 0.008%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,354	0.005%
Minas Gerais	2,040	0.010%
Paraná	865	0.008%
Santa Catarina	791	0.010%
Rio de Janeiro	785	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	657	0.006%
Bahia	482	0.003%
Pará	469	0.006%
Ceará	346	0.004%
Piauí	337	0.010%
Espírito Santo	288	0.008%
Goiás	275	0.004%
Maranhão	219	0.003%
Mato Grosso	193	0.005%
Pernambuco	186	0.002%
Amazonas	169	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	140	0.005%
Distrito Federal	114	0.004%
Paraíba	109	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	99	0.003%
Rondônia	78	0.005%
Tocantins	62	0.004%
Alagoas	38	0.001%
Amapá	35	0.005%
Sergipe	33	0.002%
Acre	29	0.004%

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

About the name Agostinho

Agostinho comes from Old Galician-Portuguese Agostỹo, from the Latin Augustīnus, formed from Augustus with the suffix -īnus; as an adjective, augustinus means 'relating to Augustus'. The Latin adjective augustus means 'august, solemn, majestic, venerable'. Behind the Name lists Agostinho as the Portuguese form of Augustine, a name derived from Augustus, and links its spread to devotion to Saint Augustine. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,207 people named Agostinho, with a median age of 63. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

Wiktionary: Agostinho · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Augustinus · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: augustus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Augustine · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Agostinho

What does the name Agostinho mean?

Agostinho means “relating to Augustus; 'august, majestic, venerable'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Agostinho in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,207 people with the first name Agostinho, which ranks it number 1,570 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Agostinho is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 35 women and 11,172 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Agostinho?

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

In which Brazilian state is Agostinho most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.010% of the state's population is named Agostinho (791 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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