Meaning of the nameAlves

Alves is a Portuguese surname, formed from Álvares, also used as a first name in Brazil.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 680 people named Alves, the 10,817th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 45, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo.

Meaning

The meaning of Alves 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): 680
Rank in Brazil: #10,817
Median age: 45 years
2010 Census: 1,136; people

Alves in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Alves, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (122 people).

74 women 606 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 Alves is most common

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

São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	112	0.000%
Minas Gerais	66	0.000%
Ceará	50	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	45	0.000%
Rio de Janeiro	41	0.000%
Santa Catarina	39	0.001%
Paraná	36	0.000%
Pernambuco	35	0.000%
Bahia	34	0.000%
Pará	28	0.000%
Goiás	27	0.000%
Maranhão	19	0.000%
Distrito Federal	19	0.001%
Espírito Santo	16	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	15	0.001%
Tocantins	15	0.001%

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

About the name Alves

According to Wiktionary, Alves comes from Álvares, a patronymic surname formed from Álvaro plus the suffix -es, 'son of'. The origin of Álvaro is uncertain: Wiktionary links it to a Visigothic Germanic name and notes that there are other etymologies, so no meaning is assigned to Alves. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives the spelling variant Alvez. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 680 people named Alves, with a median age of 45; it is predominantly male, with the most records among those born in the 1980s.

Sources

Wiktionary: Alves · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Álvares · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Álvaro · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Alves · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Alves

What does the name Alves mean?

The meaning of Alves 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 Alves in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 680 people with the first name Alves, which ranks it number 10,817 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Alves is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 74 women and 606 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Alves?

Alves is a name of Portuguese origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Alves most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.000% of the state's population is named Alves (112 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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