Meaning of the nameArcanjo

Arcanjo is a male name of Greek and Latin origin, the same as the common Portuguese word for an archangel.

Meaning

“archangel, an angel of a higher order”

Source: Wiktionary: arcanjo · Aulete: arcanjo

People (2022): 1,490
Rank in Brazil: #6,294
Median age: 40 years
2010 Census: 1,469; people

Arcanjo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Arcanjo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (240 people).

24 women 1,466 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 Arcanjo is most common

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

Ceará 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
Bahia 0.001%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	188	0.001%
São Paulo	146	0.000%
Ceará	125	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	109	0.001%
Bahia	105	0.001%
Amazonas	77	0.002%
Piauí	74	0.002%
Santa Catarina	72	0.001%
Paraná	70	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	66	0.001%
Paraíba	56	0.001%
Maranhão	52	0.001%
Pará	51	0.001%
Mato Grosso	38	0.001%
Goiás	37	0.001%
Pernambuco	36	0.000%
Espírito Santo	28	0.001%
Alagoas	27	0.001%
Rondônia	25	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	22	0.001%
Distrito Federal	19	0.001%
Tocantins	18	0.001%
Amapá	15	0.002%

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

About the name Arcanjo

Arcanjo coincides with the common Portuguese word arcanjo, 'archangel', defined by Aulete as an angel of a higher order. According to Wiktionary, it comes from Old Galician-Portuguese archangeo, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin archangelus, which in turn comes from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos). The name is also used as a surname. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,490 people named Arcanjo, with a median age of 40; proportionally, it is most common in Ceará. It is almost always a male name, with records from before 1940 to 2020 to 2022.

Sources

Wiktionary: arcanjo · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Aulete: arcanjo · aulete.com.br · meaning
Wiktionary: Arcanjo · en.wiktionary.org · usage

Questions about the name Arcanjo

What does the name Arcanjo mean?

Arcanjo means “archangel, an angel of a higher order”, according to Wiktionary and Aulete.

How many people are named Arcanjo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,490 people with the first name Arcanjo, which ranks it number 6,294 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Arcanjo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 24 women and 1,466 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Arcanjo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Arcanjo most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.001% of the state's population is named Arcanjo (125 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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