Meaning of the nameClaudemir
- Male
- Clau-de-mir
Claudemir is a masculine name of uncertain origin, very close in form to Claudemiro, which is explained as Cláudio plus the ending of Ramiro.
Meaning
The meaning of Claudemir is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 46,171
- Rank in Brazil
- #599
- Median age
- 46 years
- 2010 Census
- 51,579
- people
Claudemir in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Claudemir, 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 (17,282 people).
256 women 45,915 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 Claudemir is most common
States with the highest share of people named Claudemir in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraná 0.068%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.051%
- Alagoas 0.047%
- Rondônia 0.046%
- Santa Catarina 0.043%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 15,603 | 0.035% |
| Paraná | 7,788 | 0.068% |
| Santa Catarina | 3,254 | 0.043% |
| Pernambuco | 2,216 | 0.025% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 2,056 | 0.019% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,780 | 0.009% |
| Alagoas | 1,469 | 0.047% |
| Mato Grosso | 1,414 | 0.039% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 1,405 | 0.051% |
| Ceará | 1,304 | 0.015% |
| Bahia | 1,114 | 0.008% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,061 | 0.007% |
| Pará | 909 | 0.011% |
| Maranhão | 843 | 0.012% |
| Rondônia | 722 | 0.046% |
| Amazonas | 543 | 0.014% |
| Goiás | 472 | 0.007% |
| Paraíba | 441 | 0.011% |
| Espírito Santo | 409 | 0.011% |
| Sergipe | 391 | 0.018% |
| Piauí | 253 | 0.008% |
| Distrito Federal | 185 | 0.007% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 158 | 0.005% |
| Tocantins | 133 | 0.009% |
| Acre | 115 | 0.014% |
| Roraima | 81 | 0.013% |
| Amapá | 52 | 0.007% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Claudemir
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), gives Claudemiro, a name very close in form, as a spelling variant of Claudimiro, formed from Cláudio with the ending of Ramiro and Vladimiro; Claudemira is the feminine of Claudemiro. The Morfemário (morpheme list) links the formative -mir to three possible origins: Germanic mir, 'famous, illustrious', Arabic mir, 'prince', and Polish mir, 'peace'. Cláudio comes from the Roman family name Claudius, which Behind the Name tentatively links to Latin claudus, 'lame'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 46,171 people named Claudemir, peaking among those born in the 1970s. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, most common in Paraná.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Claudemiro · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Claudemira · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Behind the Name: Claudius · behindthename.com · origin
Questions about the name Claudemir
What does the name Claudemir mean?
The meaning of Claudemir is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Claudemir in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 46,171 people with the first name Claudemir, which ranks it number 599 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Claudemir a boy's or a girl's name?
Claudemir is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 256 women and 45,915 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Claudemir most common?
Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.068% of the state's population is named Claudemir (7,788 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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