Meaning of the nameAraci

Araci is a female name of Tupi origin, created by José de Alencar for the novel Ubirajara, which Navarro links to eíra, 'bee', and sy, 'mother'.

Meaning

“'mother of the bees', according to Navarro”

Source: Wiktionary: Araci

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People (2022): 12,016
Rank in Brazil: #1,508
Median age: 69 years
2010 Census: 18,173; people

Araci in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Araci, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (3,355 people).

11,550 women 466 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 Araci is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,938	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,104	0.019%
Paraná	1,431	0.013%
Minas Gerais	1,342	0.007%
Rio de Janeiro	812	0.005%
Bahia	800	0.006%
Santa Catarina	727	0.010%
Mato Grosso do Sul	173	0.006%
Mato Grosso	169	0.005%
Goiás	163	0.002%
Espírito Santo	160	0.004%
Pará	149	0.002%
Ceará	143	0.002%
Piauí	130	0.004%
Pernambuco	114	0.001%
Distrito Federal	107	0.004%
Maranhão	102	0.002%
Amazonas	88	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	73	0.002%
Sergipe	60	0.003%
Rondônia	52	0.003%
Alagoas	50	0.002%
Tocantins	43	0.003%
Paraíba	36	0.001%
Amapá	19	0.003%
Acre	17	0.002%

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

About the name Araci

According to Wiktionary, Alencar created Araci as the name of a character in Ubirajara (1874). Navarro derives the name from the Old Tupi eíra, 'bee', and sy, 'mother', which makes it a parallel form of Iraci; since the character presents herself as 'the star of the day', Wiktionary also allows that it may be a clipping of the Old Tupi kûarasy, 'sun'. The municipality of Araci, in Bahia, was named in 1904 in honor of the character. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,016 people named Araci, with a median age of 69; the name is almost always female and proportionally it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

This is the current and most recorded spelling in the group, with a final C and I.

Other spellings of Araci

Spelling	People (2022)
Araci	12,016
Aracy	3,014

Sources

Wiktionary: Araci · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Iraci · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Araci · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Araci

What does the name Araci mean?

Araci means “'mother of the bees', according to Navarro”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Araci in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,016 people with the first name Araci, which ranks it number 1,508 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Araci is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 11,550 women and 466 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Araci?

Araci is a name of Tupi origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Araci most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.019% of the state's population is named Araci (2,104 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Araci?

Aracy. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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