Meaning of the nameAmauri

Amauri is a masculine name, the Portuguese form of French Amaury, from the Visigothic name Amalareiks, formed from elements meaning 'tireless, brave' and 'ruler, king'.

Meaning

“from the Gothic elements amals, 'tireless, vigorous, brave', and reiks, 'ruler, king'”

Source: Behind the Name: Amalric

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People (2022): 30,660
Rank in Brazil: #810
Median age: 50 years
2010 Census: 36,059; people

Amauri in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Amauri, 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 (8,825 people).

130 women 30,530 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 Amauri is most common

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

Paraná 0.030%
Santa Catarina 0.023%
São Paulo 0.022%
Pernambuco 0.019%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.017%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	9,536	0.022%
Paraná	3,466	0.030%
Minas Gerais	2,951	0.014%
Rio de Janeiro	2,494	0.016%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,877	0.017%
Pernambuco	1,754	0.019%
Santa Catarina	1,719	0.023%
Bahia	1,325	0.009%
Goiás	657	0.009%
Pará	579	0.007%
Mato Grosso	510	0.014%
Ceará	446	0.005%
Paraíba	409	0.010%
Mato Grosso do Sul	408	0.015%
Alagoas	397	0.013%
Maranhão	337	0.005%
Distrito Federal	268	0.010%
Piauí	263	0.008%
Amazonas	253	0.006%
Rio Grande do Norte	247	0.008%
Espírito Santo	244	0.006%
Rondônia	175	0.011%
Sergipe	115	0.005%
Tocantins	89	0.006%
Acre	53	0.006%
Amapá	49	0.007%
Roraima	39	0.006%

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

About the name Amauri

Wiktionary records Amauri as an alternative form of Amaury, a borrowing from French that, in the French entry, goes back to Proto-Germanic Amalarīks; in Portuguese, Amalarico and Amalrico are sister forms of the same name. Behind the Name gives Amaury as the French form of Amalric, from the Visigothic name Amalareiks, formed from the Gothic element amals, 'tireless, vigorous, brave', and reiks, 'ruler, king'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 30,660 people named Amauri, with a median age of 50. Proportionally, the name is most common in Paraná.

This is the most recorded spelling in the group, with a final I; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Amaury as its spelling variant.

Other spellings of Amauri

Spelling	People (2022)
Amauri	30,660
Amaury	4,550

Sources

Behind the Name: Amalric · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Amaury · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Amaury · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Amauri · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Amauri

What does the name Amauri mean?

Amauri means “from the Gothic elements amals, 'tireless, vigorous, brave', and reiks, 'ruler, king'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Amauri in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 30,660 people with the first name Amauri, which ranks it number 810 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Amauri is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 130 women and 30,530 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Amauri?

Amauri is a name of Germanic and French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Amauri most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.030% of the state's population is named Amauri (3,466 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Amauri?

Amaury. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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