Meaning of the nameAtos
- Male
- A-tos
Atos is a masculine name that matches the title of the biblical book Acts of the Apostles and, in the spelling Athos, the Greek name of the mountain and peninsula.
Meaning
The meaning of Atos 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)
- 3,880
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,257
- Median age
- 17 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,099
- people
Atos in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Atos, 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 (994 people).
0 women 3,863 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 Atos is most common
States with the highest share of people named Atos in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Tocantins 0.014%
- Pará 0.006%
- Amazonas 0.004%
- Minas Gerais 0.004%
- Goiás 0.003%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Minas Gerais | 752 | 0.004% |
| Pará | 486 | 0.006% |
| São Paulo | 327 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 270 | 0.003% |
| Bahia | 243 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 229 | 0.003% |
| Tocantins | 212 | 0.014% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 189 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 148 | 0.004% |
| Maranhão | 136 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 121 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 120 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 74 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 72 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 68 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 60 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 57 | 0.007% |
| Piauí | 46 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 45 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 41 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 40 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 37 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 32 | 0.000% |
| Alagoas | 26 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 19 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 17 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Atos
In Wiktionary, Atos is the Portuguese biblical title 'Atos' ('Acts'), formerly spelled Actos, the spelling before the 1990 Agreement. Athos is the name of the mountain and peninsula in Greece, from Ancient Greek Ἄθως (Áthōs), and the same entry gives Atos as the Portuguese equivalent of this place name. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Athos among the spelling variants of Atos. As a personal name, the origin of Atos and Athos is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,880 people named Atos and 4,846 named Athos. Both are almost always male, and the largest group of each was born in the 2010s.
Spelling without H, the same as the Portuguese form of the biblical book title.
Other spellings of Atos
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Athos | 4,846 |
| Atos | 3,880 |
Sources
- Wiktionary: Atos · en.wiktionary.org · usage
- Wiktionary: Athos · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Atos · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Atos
What does the name Atos mean?
The meaning of Atos 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 Atos in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,880 people with the first name Atos, which ranks it number 3,257 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Atos a boy's or a girl's name?
Atos is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,863 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Atos most common?
Proportionally, in Tocantins: 0.014% of the state's population is named Atos (212 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Atos?
Athos. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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