Meaning of the nameCarlinho

Male
Germanic origin
Car-li-nho

Carlinho is a male name, a diminutive of Carlos, of Germanic origin, going back to a Germanic word for 'man'.

Meaning

“diminutive of Carlos, a name of Germanic origin linked to karl, 'man'”

Source: Wiktionary: Carlos · Behind the Name: Charles

People (2022): 1,329
Rank in Brazil: #6,839
Median age: 47 years
2010 Census: 1,652; people

Carlinho in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Carlinho, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (410 people).

0 women 1,321 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 Carlinho is most common

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

Santa Catarina 0.002%
Pará 0.002%
Paraná 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Santa Catarina	139	0.002%
Minas Gerais	134	0.001%
Pará	127	0.002%
Paraná	114	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	96	0.001%
Bahia	81	0.001%
Amazonas	79	0.002%
São Paulo	72	0.000%
Goiás	70	0.001%
Mato Grosso	63	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	50	0.000%
Maranhão	47	0.001%
Espírito Santo	39	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	34	0.001%
Ceará	27	0.000%
Rondônia	27	0.002%
Tocantins	27	0.002%
Pernambuco	20	0.000%
Piauí	15	0.001%

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

About the name Carlinho

Carlinho is a diminutive of Carlos, a name that Wiktionary gives as coming from Latin Carolus, of Germanic origin. Behind the Name links the Germanic form Karl to Proto-Germanic karlaz, 'man', and records an alternative hypothesis from an element that would mean 'army'. The meaning is therefore that of the base name Carlos. The ending -inho is the diminutive suffix, from Latin -ino according to the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,329 people named Carlinho, with a median age of 47, almost always men, born mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

Wiktionary: Carlos · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Charles · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Carlos · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-inho) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Carlinho

What does the name Carlinho mean?

Carlinho means “diminutive of Carlos, a name of Germanic origin linked to karl, 'man'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Carlinho in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,329 people with the first name Carlinho, which ranks it number 6,839 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Carlinho is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,321 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Carlinho?

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

In which Brazilian state is Carlinho most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.002% of the state's population is named Carlinho (139 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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