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Meaning of the nameApollo

Apollo is a spelling of the name Apolo.

Meaning

The meaning of Apollo 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)
3,208
Rank in Brazil
#3,708
Median age
2 years
2010 Census
217
people

Apollo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Apollo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (1,944 people).

29 women 3,179 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 Apollo is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.004%
  2. Bahia 0.003%
  3. Maranhão 0.003%
  4. Ceará 0.002%
  5. Pará 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4890.001%
Bahia4610.003%
Rio de Janeiro2830.002%
Minas Gerais2030.001%
Ceará1820.002%
Maranhão1790.003%
Pará1660.002%
Pernambuco1610.002%
Amazonas1400.004%
Goiás1060.002%
Mato Grosso820.002%
Paraná730.001%
Rio Grande do Norte730.002%
Paraíba670.002%
Piauí670.002%
Santa Catarina650.001%
Rio Grande do Sul630.001%
Alagoas610.002%
Espírito Santo580.002%
Distrito Federal450.002%
Tocantins390.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul370.001%
Sergipe370.002%
Rondônia260.002%
Acre210.003%
Amapá210.003%

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

The spelling Apollo

According to Wiktionary, the double L was the Portuguese spelling in Brazil until 1943; it is also the English form.

About the name Apolo

Wiktionary records Apolo as a learned borrowing from the Latin Apollō, which comes from the Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn); it is the name of the god Apollo of Greek and Roman mythology. Behind the Name reports that the meaning of the Greek name is unknown, with hypotheses such as a link to an Indo-European root related to "strength" or to an Anatolian god, without consensus. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,530 people named Apolo, with a median age of 3. The name is almost always male, and the period from 2020 to 2022 has more records than any earlier decade. Apollo, with two Ls, is the old Portuguese spelling, according to Wiktionary, and also the English form.

Other spellings of Apolo

SpellingPeople (2022)
Apolo9,530
Apollo3,208

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Apolo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Apollo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Apollo · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Apollo

What does the name Apollo mean?

The meaning of Apollo 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 Apollo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,208 people with the first name Apollo, which ranks it number 3,708 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

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

Apollo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 29 women and 3,179 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Apollo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Apollo most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.004% of the state's population is named Apollo (140 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Apollo?

Apolo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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