Meaning of the nameAristides

Male
Greek origin
A-ris-ti-des

Aristides is a male name of Greek origin, from the ancient Aristeídēs, which Behind the Name explains as aristos, 'the best', and the patronymic suffix -ides.

Meaning

“derived from aristos, 'the best', with the patronymic suffix -ides”

Source: Behind the Name: Aristides

People (2022): 10,155
Rank in Brazil: #1,696
Median age: 64 years
2010 Census: 15,308; people

Aristides in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Aristides, 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 (2,521 people).

43 women 10,112 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 Aristides is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,597	0.006%
Minas Gerais	1,267	0.006%
Paraná	975	0.009%
Rio Grande do Sul	753	0.007%
Santa Catarina	709	0.009%
Bahia	687	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	593	0.004%
Ceará	431	0.005%
Pernambuco	279	0.003%
Goiás	230	0.003%
Espírito Santo	224	0.006%
Mato Grosso	212	0.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul	181	0.007%
Piauí	127	0.004%
Pará	111	0.001%
Maranhão	111	0.002%
Paraíba	110	0.003%
Distrito Federal	107	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	103	0.003%
Amazonas	91	0.002%
Rondônia	68	0.004%
Sergipe	60	0.003%
Alagoas	50	0.002%
Tocantins	40	0.003%
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 Aristides

Behind the Name derives Aristides from Greek Ἀριστείδης (Aristeídēs), formed from ἄριστος (aristos), 'the best', with the patronymic suffix -ides. Wiktionary analyzes the Greek name as Aristeús plus the patronymic suffix -ídēs, records Latin Aristīdēs as a borrowing from Greek, and lists Aristides as its Portuguese form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,155 people named Aristides, with a median age of 64; proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Aristidez as a spelling variant.

Sources

Behind the Name: Aristides · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Aristides · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Ἀριστείδης · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Aristides · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Aristides

What does the name Aristides mean?

Aristides means “derived from aristos, 'the best', with the patronymic suffix -ides”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Aristides in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,155 people with the first name Aristides, which ranks it number 1,696 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Aristides is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 43 women and 10,112 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Aristides?

Aristides is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Aristides most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.009% of the state's population is named Aristides (709 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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