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Meaning of the nameApolo

Apolo is a masculine name that comes from the god Apollo of Greek and Roman mythology, and the meaning of the original Greek name is uncertain.

Meaning

The meaning of Apolo 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)
9,530
Rank in Brazil
#1,784
Median age
3 years
2010 Census
2,109
people

Apolo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Apolo, 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 (4,899 people).

103 women 9,427 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 Apolo is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.012%
  2. Maranhão 0.009%
  3. Bahia 0.009%
  4. Tocantins 0.008%
  5. Piauí 0.008%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia1,2740.009%
São Paulo1,2710.003%
Minas Gerais6730.003%
Pernambuco6320.007%
Rio de Janeiro6300.004%
Maranhão6260.009%
Ceará6190.007%
Pará5250.007%
Amazonas4700.012%
Goiás2960.004%
Piauí2530.008%
Rio Grande do Norte2320.007%
Paraná2300.002%
Santa Catarina2050.003%
Mato Grosso1970.005%
Rio Grande do Sul1900.002%
Paraíba1870.005%
Alagoas1770.006%
Espírito Santo1390.004%
Tocantins1190.008%
Sergipe1150.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul1120.004%
Distrito Federal1090.004%
Rondônia1000.006%
Amapá720.010%
Acre690.008%

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

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.

Current Portuguese form, with a single L, and the most common in the group.

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 Apolo

What does the name Apolo mean?

The meaning of Apolo 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 Apolo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,530 people with the first name Apolo, which ranks it number 1,784 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

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

Apolo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 103 women and 9,427 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Apolo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Apolo most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.012% of the state's population is named Apolo (470 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Apolo?

Apollo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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