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Meaning of the nameAurelino

Aurelino is a male name of uncertain origin, ending in -ino and close to Aurélio, with most records in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

Meaning

The meaning of Aurelino 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)
4,222
Rank in Brazil
#3,085
Median age
64 years
2010 Census
5,677
people

Aurelino in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Aurelino, 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 (1,018 people).

0 women 4,205 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 Aurelino is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.015%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.002%
  3. Goiás 0.002%
  4. São Paulo 0.002%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia2,1200.015%
São Paulo6750.002%
Minas Gerais3450.002%
Rio de Janeiro2050.001%
Goiás1100.002%
Pernambuco730.001%
Paraná720.001%
Sergipe710.003%
Espírito Santo700.002%
Mato Grosso680.002%
Pará580.001%
Distrito Federal530.002%
Alagoas420.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul410.002%
Ceará280.000%
Piauí250.001%
Rondônia250.002%
Rio Grande do Sul240.000%
Tocantins230.002%
Santa Catarina220.000%
Maranhão210.000%
Rio Grande do Norte180.001%

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

About the name Aurelino

The origin of Aurelino is uncertain. The name ends in -ino, which the Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as a diminutive affix of Latin origin, and it is close to Aurélio, a Latin name that Wiktionary traces to Aurēlius, from aureus, 'golden'; the derivation of Aurelino itself is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,222 people named Aurelino, almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. Most were born in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and there are few records of people born from 1990 on.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Aurélio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ino) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Aurelino

What does the name Aurelino mean?

The meaning of Aurelino 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 Aurelino in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,222 people with the first name Aurelino, which ranks it number 3,085 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Aurelino is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 4,205 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Aurelino most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.015% of the state's population is named Aurelino (2,120 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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