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Meaning of the nameBrás

Brás is a spelling of the name Braz, which means “Portuguese form of Blasius, a Latin name probably taken from the Roman cognomen Blaesus, 'one who lisps, stammerer'”.

Meaning

“Portuguese form of Blasius, a Latin name probably taken from the Roman cognomen Blaesus, 'one who lisps, stammerer'”

Meaning of the name Braz, of which Brás is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Blaise

People (2022)
5,425
Rank in Brazil
#2,594
Median age
60 years
2010 Census
8,783
people

Brás in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Brás, 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 (1,502 people).

0 women 5,414 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 Brás is most common

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

  1. Espírito Santo 0.006%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.004%
  3. Goiás 0.004%
  4. Bahia 0.003%
  5. Mato Grosso 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,2900.003%
Minas Gerais8810.004%
Bahia4720.003%
Rio de Janeiro3250.002%
Paraná2750.002%
Pernambuco2640.003%
Goiás2520.004%
Espírito Santo2430.006%
Santa Catarina2190.003%
Pará1610.002%
Maranhão1320.002%
Mato Grosso1100.003%
Ceará990.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul970.004%
Piauí840.003%
Alagoas800.003%
Rio Grande do Norte740.002%
Rio Grande do Sul720.001%
Amazonas690.002%
Paraíba660.002%
Rondônia540.003%
Tocantins330.002%
Distrito Federal280.001%
Sergipe180.001%

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

The spelling Brás

This is the accented form that Wiktionary and Behind the Name record for Portuguese.

About the name Braz

Brás comes from the Latin Blasius, according to Wiktionary, and Behind the Name gives Brás as the Portuguese form of the name. According to that source, Blasius probably comes from the Roman cognomen Blaesus, 'one who lisps, stammerer'. The spelling Braz, with a Z and no accent, is the most recorded in the group. The name is almost always male and was given most often to people born in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,225 people named Braz, with a median age of 61; proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo.

Other spellings of Braz

SpellingPeople (2022)
Braz11,225
Brás5,425

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Brás · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Blasius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Blaise · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Brás

What does the name Brás mean?

Brás means “Portuguese form of Blasius, a Latin name probably taken from the Roman cognomen Blaesus, 'one who lisps, stammerer'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Braz, of which Brás is a spelling.

How many people are named Brás in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,425 people with the first name Brás, which ranks it number 2,594 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Brás a boy's or a girl's name?

Brás is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 5,414 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Brás?

Brás is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Brás most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.006% of the state's population is named Brás (243 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Brás?

Braz. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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