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Meaning of the nameCelso

Celso is a male name of Latin origin, from the Roman cognomen Celsus, linked to the adjective celsus, 'tall, elevated, noble'.

Meaning

“tall, elevated, noble”

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

People (2022)
112,663
Rank in Brazil
#287
Median age
54 years
2010 Census
131,186
people

Celso in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Celso, 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 (32,968 people).

278 women 112,385 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 Celso is most common

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

  1. Paraná 0.116%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.087%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.085%
  4. Rio Grande do Sul 0.084%
  5. São Paulo 0.081%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo35,7520.081%
Paraná13,3100.116%
Rio de Janeiro11,4750.072%
Minas Gerais11,2360.055%
Rio Grande do Sul9,1020.084%
Santa Catarina6,6280.087%
Bahia3,7420.027%
Goiás2,5600.036%
Mato Grosso2,4210.066%
Mato Grosso do Sul2,3420.085%
Pará2,0720.026%
Maranhão1,6580.025%
Espírito Santo1,5680.041%
Pernambuco1,5640.017%
Distrito Federal1,0110.036%
Amazonas8900.023%
Rondônia8490.054%
Piauí8240.025%
Ceará7420.008%
Alagoas6790.022%
Paraíba5230.013%
Sergipe4700.021%
Rio Grande do Norte4260.013%
Tocantins4220.028%
Acre1520.018%
Amapá1360.019%
Roraima1090.017%

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

About the name Celso

In the Italian entry, Wiktionary derives Celso from the Latin Celsus, from celsus, 'tall, elevated, noble'; the Portuguese entry records the name as the masculine of Celsa. Behind the Name explains Celsus as a Roman cognomen meaning 'tall' and gives Celso as the Portuguese, Galician, Spanish and Italian form. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado (1981), gives the same Latin adjective, with the senses 'elevated', 'noble', 'confident' and 'proud'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 112,663 people named Celso, with a median age of 54; proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Celso · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Celsus · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Celso · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Celso · behindthename.com · origin
  5. Wiktionary: Celso (Portuguese) · en.wiktionary.org · usage

Questions about the name Celso

What does the name Celso mean?

Celso means “tall, elevated, noble”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Celso in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 112,663 people with the first name Celso, which ranks it number 287 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Celso is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 278 women and 112,385 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Celso?

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

In which Brazilian state is Celso most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.116% of the state's population is named Celso (13,310 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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