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Meaning of the nameAguimar

Aguimar is a name used for both males and females, of uncertain origin, ending in -mar, and proportionally most frequent in Goiás.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,810 people named Aguimar, the 5,488th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 53, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Goiás.

Meaning

The meaning of Aguimar is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
1,810
Rank in Brazil
#5,488
Median age
53 years
2010 Census
1,923
people

Aguimar in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Aguimar, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (488 people).

313 women 1,497 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 Aguimar is most common

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

  1. Goiás 0.004%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.003%
  3. Bahia 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais5720.003%
Goiás2900.004%
São Paulo2210.001%
Bahia1080.001%
Espírito Santo960.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul740.003%
Rio de Janeiro660.000%
Mato Grosso660.002%
Paraná530.001%
Distrito Federal360.001%
Rondônia350.002%
Pará310.000%
Rio Grande do Sul250.000%
Maranhão220.000%
Pernambuco210.000%
Tocantins190.001%
Amazonas170.000%
Santa Catarina150.000%

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

About the name Aguimar

The origin of the name Aguimar is uncertain. The Morphemary of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes -mar as a formative that may come from the Germanic -mar, from a shortening of Maria, or from the Portuguese noun mar, 'sea', and identifies it as the one that varies most between male and female names. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,810 people named Aguimar, with a median age of 53; proportionally, it is most common in Goiás. It is a name used for both sexes, mostly male, and most people were born between 1950 and 1989.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-MAR) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Aguimar

What does the name Aguimar mean?

The meaning of Aguimar is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Aguimar in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,810 people with the first name Aguimar, which ranks it number 5,488 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Aguimar is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 313 women and 1,497 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Aguimar most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.004% of the state's population is named Aguimar (290 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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