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Meaning of the nameAntônio

Antônio is a masculine name that comes from Latin Antonius, the name of a Roman family of uncertain origin, and has the form Antão as a doublet.

Meaning

The meaning of Antônio is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
2,241,094
Rank in Brazil
#5
Median age
53 years
2010 Census
2,576,348
people

Antônio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Antônio, 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 (477,759 people).

10,075 women 2,231,019 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 Antônio is most common

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

  1. Ceará 3.397%
  2. Piauí 2.808%
  3. Maranhão 2.160%
  4. Acre 2.158%
  5. Pará 1.429%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo395,6680.891%
Ceará298,7813.397%
Minas Gerais195,0060.949%
Bahia169,3081.197%
Maranhão146,3592.160%
Pará116,0561.429%
Rio de Janeiro116,0350.723%
Paraná95,2030.832%
Piauí91,8692.808%
Pernambuco87,9440.971%
Goiás63,0180.893%
Rio Grande do Sul58,7750.540%
Paraíba54,0831.361%
Santa Catarina47,8360.629%
Rio Grande do Norte43,8731.328%
Amazonas41,8311.061%
Mato Grosso32,2260.881%
Espírito Santo28,1210.734%
Alagoas27,5760.882%
Distrito Federal25,0070.888%
Sergipe22,4771.017%
Mato Grosso do Sul21,2460.771%
Tocantins18,8651.248%
Acre17,9112.158%
Rondônia13,2810.840%
Roraima7,0401.106%
Amapá5,6990.777%

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

About the name Antônio

Wiktionary records Antônio as a learned borrowing of Latin Antonius and a doublet of Antão, with António as the spelling used in Portugal. The entry Antonius says the Roman family of the Antonii was probably of Etruscan origin, and Behind the Name describes Antonius as of unknown Etruscan origin, without giving it a meaning; the link with Greek anthos, 'flower', is noted as incorrect. According to Behind the Name, devotion to Saint Anthony the Great and, later, to Saint Anthony of Padua spread the name in the Middle Ages. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,241,094 people named Antônio, with a median age of 53.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Antônio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Antonius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Antonio · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Anthony · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Antônio

What does the name Antônio mean?

The meaning of Antônio is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Antônio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,241,094 people with the first name Antônio, which ranks it number 5 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Antônio a boy's or a girl's name?

Antônio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 10,075 women and 2,231,019 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Antônio?

Antônio is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Antônio most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 3.397% of the state's population is named Antônio (298,781 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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