Meaning of the nameBolívar
- Male
- Bo-lí-var
Bolívar is a male name of Basque origin, from the surname Bolibar, formed from bolu and ibar, which the Dicionário glosses as 'mill by the stream'.
- People (2022)
- 1,522
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,192
- Median age
- 61 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,950
- people
Bolívar in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Bolívar, 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 (384 people).
0 women 1,516 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 Bolívar is most common
States with the highest share of people named Bolívar in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.002%
- Goiás 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Minas Gerais | 392 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 230 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 228 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 132 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 96 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 72 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 67 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 42 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 37 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 37 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 33 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 28 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 17 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 16 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 16 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 15 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Bolívar
Bolívar comes from Basque Bolibar, formed from bolu and ibar; Wiktionary records the composition and links bolu to Latin molinum, 'mill', and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981) and Nascentes (1952), translates bolu as 'mill' and ibar as 'stream', giving 'mill by the stream'. Wiktionary classifies it as a surname, and in Brazil it is also used as a given name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,522 people named Bolívar, with a median age of 61. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul. Most were born in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and the name is almost always male.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Bolivar · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
- Wiktionary: Bolívar · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Priberam: bolívar · dicionario.priberam.org · spelling
Questions about the name Bolívar
What does the name Bolívar mean?
Bolívar means “mill by the stream”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.
How many people are named Bolívar in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,522 people with the first name Bolívar, which ranks it number 6,192 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Bolívar a boy's or a girl's name?
Bolívar is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,516 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Bolívar most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Bolívar (230 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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