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Meaning of the nameCássio

Cássio is a masculine name of Latin origin, the Portuguese form of Cassius, the name of a Roman family linked to cassus, 'empty, hollow'.

Meaning

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

Source: Wiktionary: Cassius · Behind the Name: Cassius

People (2022)
52,975
Rank in Brazil
#542
Median age
32 years
2010 Census
53,498
people

Cássio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cássio, 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 (15,673 people).

285 women 52,690 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 Cássio is most common

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

  1. Amapá 0.048%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.041%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.038%
  4. Pará 0.037%
  5. Goiás 0.035%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo10,8720.025%
Minas Gerais7,7850.038%
Rio Grande do Sul4,4320.041%
Bahia4,0360.029%
Rio de Janeiro3,2660.020%
Pará2,9680.037%
Goiás2,4960.035%
Paraná2,0240.018%
Maranhão1,8780.028%
Pernambuco1,8480.020%
Santa Catarina1,4930.020%
Ceará9800.011%
Espírito Santo9160.024%
Piauí9080.028%
Mato Grosso8900.024%
Amazonas8870.023%
Distrito Federal8830.031%
Paraíba8660.022%
Mato Grosso do Sul6440.023%
Rio Grande do Norte5560.017%
Alagoas4870.016%
Tocantins4840.032%
Sergipe4010.018%
Amapá3530.048%
Rondônia3210.020%
Acre1730.021%
Roraima1280.020%

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

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.

With an acute accent on the a and ss, it is the Portuguese form of the name and the most common in the group.

Other spellings of Cássio

SpellingPeople (2022)
Cássio52,975
Kassio5,126
Casio2,749

Sources

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

Questions about the name Cássio

What does the name Cássio mean?

Cássio means “from the Roman gens Cassia, linked to the Latin cassus, 'empty, hollow'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Cássio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 52,975 people with the first name Cássio, which ranks it number 542 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Cássio a boy's or a girl's name?

Cássio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 285 women and 52,690 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cássio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Cássio most common?

Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.048% of the state's population is named Cássio (353 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cássio?

Kassio and Casio. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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