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Meaning of the nameCairo

Cairo is a masculine name taken from the Egyptian city of Cairo, whose Arabic name al-Qāhira means 'the victorious', according to Behind the Name.

Meaning

“name of the city of Cairo, in Egypt”

Source: Wiktionary: Cairo · Behind the Name: Cairo · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cairo

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People (2022)
4,297
Rank in Brazil
#3,048
Median age
24 years
2010 Census
4,413
people

Cairo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cairo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,016 people).

25 women 4,272 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 Cairo is most common

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

  1. Goiás 0.010%
  2. Maranhão 0.004%
  3. Mato Grosso 0.004%
  4. Piauí 0.004%
  5. Distrito Federal 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Goiás7330.010%
Minas Gerais7300.004%
São Paulo5130.001%
Maranhão2910.004%
Ceará2410.003%
Pará2390.003%
Rio Grande do Sul2060.002%
Bahia1510.001%
Mato Grosso1480.004%
Piauí1280.004%
Distrito Federal1090.004%
Rio de Janeiro1030.001%
Amazonas970.003%
Paraná870.001%
Santa Catarina840.001%
Tocantins810.005%
Amapá710.010%
Acre530.006%
Espírito Santo490.001%
Rio Grande do Norte340.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul330.001%
Rondônia320.002%
Pernambuco280.000%
Roraima240.004%

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

About the name Cairo

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives the city in Egypt as the etymology of Cairo, and Wiktionary traces the place name to the Arabic al-qāhira, via Old Galician-Portuguese. Behind the Name treats the name as derived from the city and translates the Arabic as 'the victorious'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,297 people named Cairo, with a median age of 24. The Dictionary lists Kairo and Kayro among the spelling variants.

It is the traditional spelling of the city and the most recorded in the group.

Other spellings of Cairo

SpellingPeople (2022)
Cairo4,297
Kairo3,159

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Cairo · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Cairo · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cairo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning

Questions about the name Cairo

What does the name Cairo mean?

Cairo means “name of the city of Cairo, in Egypt”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Cairo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,297 people with the first name Cairo, which ranks it number 3,048 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Cairo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 25 women and 4,272 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cairo?

Cairo is a name of Arabic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cairo most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.010% of the state's population is named Cairo (733 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cairo?

Kairo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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