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Meaning of the nameAlcebiades

Alcebiades is a masculine name of Greek origin, a form of Alcibiades, which Behind the Name links to two Greek elements related to 'strength'.

Meaning

“strength, prowess (from alkē and bia)”

Source: Behind the Name: Alcibiades

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People (2022)
2,488
Rank in Brazil
#4,433
Median age
64 years
2010 Census
3,603
people

Alcebiades in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Alcebiades, 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 (607 people).

0 women 2,476 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 Alcebiades is most common

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

  1. Espírito Santo 0.003%
  2. Paraná 0.002%
  3. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5890.001%
Minas Gerais3220.002%
Rio de Janeiro2700.002%
Paraná2260.002%
Bahia1890.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1590.002%
Santa Catarina1430.002%
Espírito Santo1060.003%
Maranhão740.001%
Pará480.001%
Goiás460.001%
Mato Grosso450.001%
Pernambuco430.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul430.002%
Piauí320.001%
Amazonas270.001%
Distrito Federal250.001%
Ceará160.000%
Paraíba160.000%
Rondônia160.001%

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

About the name Alcebiades

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Alcibiades as a spelling variant of Alcebiades. According to Behind the Name, the Greek name Alcibiades comes from alkē, 'strength, prowess', and bia, 'force', with the patronymic suffix -ides; Wiktionary gives the chain from Ancient Greek Alkibiádēs to Latin Alcibiadēs. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,488 people named Alcebiades, with a median age of 64. Proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Alcebiades

What does the name Alcebiades mean?

Alcebiades means “strength, prowess (from alkē and bia)”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Alcebiades in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,488 people with the first name Alcebiades, which ranks it number 4,433 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Alcebiades is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,476 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Alcebiades?

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

In which Brazilian state is Alcebiades most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.003% of the state's population is named Alcebiades (106 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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