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Meaning of the nameBeto

Beto is a male name, a reduced form of names ending in -berto, such as Alberto and Roberto, of Germanic origin.

Meaning

“reduced form of names ending in -berto, from a Germanic element meaning 'bright, illustrious'”

Source: Wiktionary: Beto · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário

People (2022)
2,611
Rank in Brazil
#4,288
Median age
40 years
2010 Census
3,762
people

Beto in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Beto, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (667 people).

0 women 2,602 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 Beto is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.006%
  2. Amazonas 0.003%
  3. Maranhão 0.002%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
  5. Ceará 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará4470.006%
São Paulo3490.001%
Rio de Janeiro2770.002%
Bahia1760.001%
Maranhão1560.002%
Ceará1370.002%
Minas Gerais1250.001%
Amazonas1200.003%
Rio Grande do Sul950.001%
Pernambuco830.001%
Goiás690.001%
Paraná640.001%
Mato Grosso630.002%
Santa Catarina540.001%
Espírito Santo510.001%
Alagoas430.001%
Tocantins370.002%
Distrito Federal360.001%
Roraima310.005%
Paraíba300.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul300.001%
Piauí290.001%
Rio Grande do Norte270.001%
Amapá250.003%
Sergipe220.001%
Rondônia210.001%

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

About the name Beto

Wiktionary records Beto as a diminutive of names ending in -berto, citing Alberto, Gilberto, Humberto and Roberto. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil explains that -berto comes from the Germanic berth, 'bright, illustrious'. Since Beto serves as a diminutive for several of these names, the meaning is that of the element -berto. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,611 people named Beto, with a median age of 40, almost always men; proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Beto · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning

Questions about the name Beto

What does the name Beto mean?

Beto means “reduced form of names ending in -berto, from a Germanic element meaning 'bright, illustrious'”, according to Wiktionary and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Beto in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,611 people with the first name Beto, which ranks it number 4,288 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Beto is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,602 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Beto?

Beto is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Beto most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.006% of the state's population is named Beto (447 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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