Meaning of the nameAzarias
- Male
- Hebrew origin
- Greek origin
- A-za-ri-as
- Biblical name
Azarias is a biblical male name, from the Greek Azarías and the Hebrew Azaryāh, meaning 'Yah helped'.
Meaning
“Yah helped”
Source: Wiktionary: Azarias (Latin) · Behind the Name: Azarias · Behind the Name: Azariah
- People (2022)
- 883
- Rank in Brazil
- #8,999
- Median age
- 55 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,098
- people
Azarias in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Azarias, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (169 people).
0 women 874 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 Azarias is most common
States with the highest share of people named Azarias in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pará 0.001%
- Ceará 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 127 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 113 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 109 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 104 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 93 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 42 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 36 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 35 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 33 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 31 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 17 | 0.000% |
| Rondônia | 16 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 16 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Azarias
Azarias comes from the Greek Ἀζαρίας (Azarías), in turn from the biblical Hebrew עֲזַרְיָה (Ǎzaryāh), 'Yah helped', according to Wiktionary's Latin entry, which marks it as a biblical name. Behind the Name describes it as the Greek, Latin and French form of the biblical name Azariah, formed from the Hebrew ʿazar and Yahweh; on the Azariah page, the name is glossed as 'Yahweh helped', from ʿazar, 'help'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 883 people named Azarias, with a median age of 55. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Azarias (Latin) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Azarias · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Azariah · behindthename.com · meaning
Questions about the name Azarias
What does the name Azarias mean?
Azarias means “Yah helped”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.
How many people are named Azarias in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 883 people with the first name Azarias, which ranks it number 8,999 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Azarias a boy's or a girl's name?
Azarias is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 874 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
What is the origin of the name Azarias?
Azarias is a name of Hebrew and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Azarias most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.001% of the state's population is named Azarias (104 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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