Meaning of the nameAloísio

Male
Germanic origin
A-lo-í-si-o

Aloísio is a male name of Germanic origin, the Portuguese form of Aloysius, a Latinization of the Occitan Aloys, an old form of Luís.

Meaning

“form of Luís, from Frankish Hlūdawīg, from elements meaning 'famous' and 'battle'”

Source: Wiktionary: Louis

People (2022): 19,169
Rank in Brazil: #1,095
Median age: 56 years
2010 Census: 25,099; people

Aloísio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Aloísio, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (5,034 people).

55 women 19,114 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 Aloísio is most common

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

Bahia 0.028%
Espírito Santo 0.018%
Sergipe 0.018%
Alagoas 0.016%
Minas Gerais 0.016%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	3,963	0.028%
Minas Gerais	3,299	0.016%
São Paulo	3,160	0.007%
Rio de Janeiro	2,143	0.013%
Rio Grande do Sul	967	0.009%
Espírito Santo	688	0.018%
Santa Catarina	650	0.009%
Ceará	592	0.007%
Paraná	562	0.005%
Alagoas	512	0.016%
Sergipe	394	0.018%
Pernambuco	384	0.004%
Goiás	286	0.004%
Pará	280	0.003%
Mato Grosso	212	0.006%
Distrito Federal	210	0.008%
Piauí	160	0.005%
Paraíba	159	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	118	0.004%
Maranhão	107	0.002%
Amazonas	80	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	78	0.002%
Tocantins	59	0.004%
Rondônia	43	0.003%
Acre	30	0.004%
Amapá	17	0.002%
Roraima	16	0.003%

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

About the name Aloísio

Aloísio corresponds to the Latin Aloysius, which Wiktionary and Behind the Name explain as a Latinization of Aloys, the Occitan form of Louis (Luís); Behind the Name lists Aloísio among the Portuguese forms of the name. Luís comes from the Frankish Hlūdawīg, whose elements Wiktionary glosses as 'loud, famous' and 'battle'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists the spelling variants Aloizio, Alouisio, Aloysio, Aloyzio and Haloisio. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 19,169 people named Aloísio, with a median age of 56. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Aloísio

What does the name Aloísio mean?

Aloísio means “form of Luís, from Frankish Hlūdawīg, from elements meaning 'famous' and 'battle'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Aloísio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 19,169 people with the first name Aloísio, which ranks it number 1,095 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Aloísio a boy's or a girl's name?

Aloísio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 55 women and 19,114 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Aloísio?

Aloísio is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Aloísio most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.028% of the state's population is named Aloísio (3,963 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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