Meaning of the nameCléber

Cléber is a masculine name of German origin, from Kleber, a word formed from kleben with the suffix -er, literally 'one who glues'.

Meaning

“one who glues (from German Kleber)”

Source: Wiktionary: Cléber · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cléber

People (2022): 92,871
Rank in Brazil: #339
Median age: 40 years
2010 Census: 103,401; people

Cléber in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cléber, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (34,815 people).

370 women 92,501 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 Cléber is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	26,313	0.059%
Minas Gerais	11,709	0.057%
Rio de Janeiro	8,451	0.053%
Rio Grande do Sul	7,281	0.067%
Bahia	6,143	0.043%
Paraná	4,676	0.041%
Santa Catarina	4,283	0.056%
Goiás	3,897	0.055%
Pará	3,020	0.037%
Pernambuco	1,970	0.022%
Mato Grosso	1,917	0.052%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,700	0.062%
Espírito Santo	1,652	0.043%
Distrito Federal	1,529	0.054%
Ceará	1,392	0.016%
Maranhão	1,288	0.019%
Amazonas	1,001	0.025%
Rondônia	683	0.043%
Paraíba	623	0.016%
Rio Grande do Norte	609	0.018%
Sergipe	609	0.028%
Piauí	535	0.016%
Alagoas	479	0.015%
Tocantins	479	0.032%
Amapá	281	0.038%
Acre	198	0.024%
Roraima	153	0.024%

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

About the name Cléber

According to Wiktionary, Cléber comes from the German Kleber, literally 'gluer' or 'one who pastes (a poster)', from kleben plus the suffix -er. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Nascentes, who, based on Dauzat, translates Kléber as 'poster gluer', and says the given name was taken from a surname. The same dictionary notes that the spelling with K is the one that appears in dictionaries, but the one with C is the most frequent in Brazil. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 92,871 people named Cléber, with a median age of 40. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Written with C and an acute accent on the stressed syllable, it is the most common spelling in the group and the main entry in Wiktionary, divided Clé-ber.

Other spellings of Cléber

Spelling	People (2022)
Cléber	92,871
Kleber	35,306

Sources

Wiktionary: Cléber · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cléber · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Wiktionary: Kleber · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Cléber

What does the name Cléber mean?

Cléber means “one who glues (from German Kleber)”, according to Wiktionary and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Cléber in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 92,871 people with the first name Cléber, which ranks it number 339 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Cléber a boy's or a girl's name?

Cléber is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 370 women and 92,501 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cléber?

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

In which Brazilian state is Cléber most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.067% of the state's population is named Cléber (7,281 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cléber?

Kleber. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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