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Meaning of the nameApparecida

Apparecida is a spelling of the name Aparecida, which means “aparecida, 'revealed', from the title Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida”.

Meaning

“aparecida, 'revealed', from the title Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida”

Meaning of the name Aparecida, of which Apparecida is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Aparecida · Wiktionary: aparecido

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People (2022)
1,360
Rank in Brazil
#6,721
Median age
85 years
2010 Census
1,460
people

Apparecida in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Apparecida, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born before 1940 (1,033 people).

1,355 women 0 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 Apparecida is most common

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

  1. São Paulo 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,1720.003%
Paraná790.001%
Rio de Janeiro380.000%
Minas Gerais300.000%

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

The spelling Apparecida

It keeps the pp of the old orthography: Wiktionary records apparecer as a spelling used in Brazil until 1943. Almost all the people with this spelling were born before 1960, and the largest group before 1940.

About the name Aparecida

According to Wiktionary, Aparecida comes from Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida, the original name of Nossa Senhora Aparecida, a clay image of the Virgin Mary that, according to tradition, was found in the Paraíba River in 1717. The Portuguese word aparecida is the feminine of aparecido, the participle of aparecer, 'to appear', and Wiktionary translates the title as 'Our Lady of the Conception Revealed' or 'Aparecida'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 246,202 people named Aparecida, with a median age of 60. Proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo, the state where the municipality of Aparecida is located.

Other spellings of Aparecida

SpellingPeople (2022)
Aparecida246,202
Apparecida1,360

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Aparecida · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Aparecida · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  3. Wiktionary: aparecido · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: apparecer · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Apparecida

What does the name Apparecida mean?

Apparecida means “aparecida, 'revealed', from the title Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida”, according to Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Aparecida, of which Apparecida is a spelling.

How many people are named Apparecida in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,360 people with the first name Apparecida, which ranks it number 6,721 among the country's names. The largest group was born before 1940.

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

Apparecida is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,355 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Apparecida?

Apparecida is a name of Portuguese origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Apparecida most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.003% of the state's population is named Apparecida (1,172 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Apparecida?

Aparecida. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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