Meaning of the nameBelmiro
- Male
- Bel-mi-ro
Belmiro is a male name in traditional use in Brazil, with the feminine Belmira, that ends in the formative -miro; the origin of the start Bel- is uncertain.
Meaning
The meaning of Belmiro 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)
- 3,877
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,260
- Median age
- 65 years
- 2010 Census
- 5,379
- people
Belmiro in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Belmiro, 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 (1,098 people).
0 women 3,868 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 Belmiro is most common
States with the highest share of people named Belmiro in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Espírito Santo 0.004%
- Bahia 0.004%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
- Paraná 0.002%
- Goiás 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 966 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 520 | 0.004% |
| Minas Gerais | 373 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 309 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 266 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 219 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 165 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 159 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 149 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso | 98 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 82 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 78 | 0.003% |
| Pernambuco | 71 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 69 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 52 | 0.003% |
| Distrito Federal | 45 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 43 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 35 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 32 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 30 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 30 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 29 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 23 | 0.000% |
| Alagoas | 21 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Belmiro
Wiktionary records Belmiro as a Portuguese male name, with Belmira as the feminine form. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) associates the ending -miro with at least three sources, among them Germanic mir, 'famous, illustrious', and cites Belmiro and Belmira among the inherited names with this ending. The origin of Bel- is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,877 people named Belmiro, with a median age of 65; it is almost always a male name, and births peak in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Belmiro · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-mir, -mira, -miro) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Belmiro
What does the name Belmiro mean?
The meaning of Belmiro 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 Belmiro in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,877 people with the first name Belmiro, which ranks it number 3,260 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Belmiro a boy's or a girl's name?
Belmiro is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,868 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Belmiro most common?
Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.004% of the state's population is named Belmiro (149 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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