Meaning of the nameCasio

Male
Latin origin
Ca-si-o

Casio is a spelling of the name Cássio, which means “from the Roman gens Cassia, linked to the Latin cassus, 'empty, hollow'”.

Meaning

“from the Roman gens Cassia, linked to the Latin cassus, 'empty, hollow'”

Meaning of the name Cássio, of which Casio is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Cassius · Behind the Name: Cassius

People (2022): 2,749
Rank in Brazil: #4,119
Median age: 30 years
2010 Census: 3,868; people

Casio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Casio, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (846 people).

21 women 2,728 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 Casio is most common

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

Pará 0.003%
Goiás 0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
Maranhão 0.002%
Bahia 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	325	0.001%
Minas Gerais	275	0.001%
Pará	245	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	226	0.002%
Bahia	191	0.001%
Goiás	185	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	144	0.001%
Paraná	131	0.001%
Maranhão	119	0.002%
Pernambuco	116	0.001%
Santa Catarina	99	0.001%
Amazonas	83	0.002%
Mato Grosso	79	0.002%
Ceará	73	0.001%
Espírito Santo	61	0.002%
Piauí	57	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	46	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	46	0.002%
Tocantins	45	0.003%
Rondônia	36	0.002%
Distrito Federal	34	0.001%
Paraíba	29	0.001%
Alagoas	25	0.001%
Acre	23	0.003%
Sergipe	20	0.001%
Amapá	20	0.003%
Roraima	16	0.003%

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

The spelling Casio

Written with a single s and no accent, a simpler spelling of the same name.

About the name Cássio

Behind the Name lists Cássio as the Portuguese form of Cassius, and Wiktionary gives Cássio as the equivalent of that name. Cassius was the name of the gens Cassia, a family of ancient Rome, and Wiktionary derives it from cassus, 'empty, hollow, useless', with the suffix -ius; Behind the Name presents this link as possible. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 52,975 people named Cássio, with a median age of 32; the peak was among those born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amapá. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Kassio as a spelling variant.

Other spellings of Cássio

Spelling	People (2022)
Cássio	52,975
Kassio	5,126
Casio	2,749

Sources

Wiktionary: Cássio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Cassius · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Cassius · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cassio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Casio

What does the name Casio mean?

Casio means “from the Roman gens Cassia, linked to the Latin cassus, 'empty, hollow'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Cássio, of which Casio is a spelling.

How many people are named Casio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,749 people with the first name Casio, which ranks it number 4,119 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Casio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 21 women and 2,728 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Casio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Casio most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.003% of the state's population is named Casio (245 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Casio?

Cássio and Kassio. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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