Skip to content
BrazilNames BrazilNames
PT

Meaning of the nameAltair

Altair is a male name of Arabic origin, that of a star in the constellation Aquila (the Eagle), meaning 'the flying eagle'.

Meaning

“the flying eagle”

Source: Wiktionary: Altair (English) · Behind the Name: Altair

More names that mean stars

People (2022)
31,174
Rank in Brazil
#797
Median age
54 years
2010 Census
37,797
people

Altair in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Altair, 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 (10,070 people).

2,574 women 28,600 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 Altair is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.049%
  2. Paraná 0.038%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.032%
  4. Rondônia 0.024%
  5. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.024%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5,2000.012%
Paraná4,3390.038%
Minas Gerais4,0580.020%
Santa Catarina3,7340.049%
Rio de Janeiro3,4740.022%
Rio Grande do Sul3,4620.032%
Goiás9010.013%
Mato Grosso8100.022%
Espírito Santo7940.021%
Bahia7650.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul6580.024%
Pará4930.006%
Amazonas4540.012%
Pernambuco4210.005%
Rondônia3820.024%
Distrito Federal2300.008%
Ceará1310.002%
Paraíba1280.003%
Maranhão1270.002%
Sergipe1160.005%
Rio Grande do Norte1070.003%
Alagoas940.003%
Piauí920.003%
Tocantins830.006%
Acre530.006%
Roraima360.006%
Amapá320.004%

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

About the name Altair

In the English entry, Wiktionary traces Altair to Arabic an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʔir, 'the flying eagle', from nasr, 'eagle', and ṭāʔir, 'flying'; in Portuguese, it records Altair as a male name, as the star in the constellation Aquila (the Eagle) and as a municipality in São Paulo. Behind the Name gives the sense 'the flyer'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 31,174 people named Altair, with a median age of 54; proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina. The name is mostly male, but it also has female records. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Altayr and Althair as spelling variants.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Altair (English) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Altair (Portuguese) · en.wiktionary.org · usage
  3. Behind the Name: Altair · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Altair · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Altair

What does the name Altair mean?

Altair means “the flying eagle”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Altair in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 31,174 people with the first name Altair, which ranks it number 797 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Altair is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 2,574 women and 28,600 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Altair?

Altair is a name of Arabic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Altair most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.049% of the state's population is named Altair (3,734 people), according to the 2022 Census.

Names that also mean stars

See all

More names of Arabic origin

See all

Spotted a mistake? Report a correction for Altair with a source. See the methodology.