Meaning of the nameAnanias

Ananias is a biblical male name, the Greek form of Hebrew Hananiah, which Behind the Name translates as 'Yahweh is gracious'.

Meaning

“Yahweh is gracious (from Hebrew Hananiah)”

Source: Behind the Name: Hananiah

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People (2022): 14,670
Rank in Brazil: #1,306
Median age: 55 years
2010 Census: 18,841; people

Ananias in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ananias, 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 (3,291 people).

237 women 14,433 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 Ananias is most common

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

Bahia 0.017%
Rondônia 0.015%
Amazonas 0.013%
Maranhão 0.012%
Pará 0.012%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,383	0.005%
Bahia	2,370	0.017%
Minas Gerais	1,410	0.007%
Pará	986	0.012%
Maranhão	841	0.012%
Rio de Janeiro	712	0.004%
Paraná	648	0.006%
Ceará	623	0.007%
Pernambuco	594	0.007%
Amazonas	491	0.013%
Goiás	488	0.007%
Espírito Santo	433	0.011%
Piauí	385	0.012%
Mato Grosso	300	0.008%
Rondônia	233	0.015%
Mato Grosso do Sul	211	0.008%
Paraíba	200	0.005%
Santa Catarina	182	0.002%
Tocantins	178	0.012%
Sergipe	170	0.008%
Distrito Federal	159	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	151	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	138	0.004%
Alagoas	130	0.004%
Acre	99	0.012%
Roraima	93	0.015%
Amapá	62	0.008%

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

About the name Ananias

Behind the Name gives Ananias as the Greek form, Ἁνανίας, of Hebrew Hananiah, and Wiktionary traces Latin Ananias to Greek Ἀνανίας and to Biblical Hebrew חֲנַנְיָה. Hananiah means 'Yahweh is gracious', from the verb ḥanan, 'to be gracious', and a reference to the Hebrew God. In the New Testament, the Acts of the Apostles give the name to more than one character. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 14,670 people named Ananias, with a median age of 55. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, most common in Bahia.

Sources

Behind the Name: Ananias · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Hananiah · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Ananias (Portuguese and Latin) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ananias · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Ananias

What does the name Ananias mean?

Ananias means “Yahweh is gracious (from Hebrew Hananiah)”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Ananias in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 14,670 people with the first name Ananias, which ranks it number 1,306 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Ananias is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 237 women and 14,433 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ananias?

Ananias is a name of Hebrew and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ananias most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.017% of the state's population is named Ananias (2,370 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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