Meaning of the nameClélio

Male
Latin origin
Clé-li-o

Clelio is a male name that, according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, comes from a Latin male personal name.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,436 people named Clélio, the 6,460th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 54, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

Meaning

The meaning of Clélio is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 1,436
Rank in Brazil: #6,460
Median age: 54 years
2010 Census: 1,699; people

Clélio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Clélio, 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 (352 people).

0 women 1,431 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 Clélio is most common

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

Minas Gerais 0.001%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
Pernambuco 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	434	0.001%
Minas Gerais	266	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	174	0.001%
Pernambuco	104	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	82	0.001%
Bahia	65	0.001%
Paraná	50	0.000%
Pará	40	0.001%
Goiás	35	0.001%
Santa Catarina	27	0.000%
Rio Grande do Norte	26	0.001%
Paraíba	20	0.001%
Sergipe	19	0.001%

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

About the name Clélio

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), indicates that Clélio comes from a Latin male personal name, and refers to the female form Clélia. Wiktionary lists Cloelius as a Roman nomen gentile, that is, a family name. The meaning of the Latin name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,436 people named Clelio, with a median age of 54. The spelling with K, Klelio, appears as a graphic variant. Most of the records are of people born between 1950 and 1979, and almost always of men.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Clelio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Cloelius · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Clélio

What does the name Clélio mean?

The meaning of Clélio is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Clélio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,436 people with the first name Clélio, which ranks it number 6,460 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Clélio a boy's or a girl's name?

Clélio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,431 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Clélio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Clélio most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.001% of the state's population is named Clélio (266 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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