Meaning of the nameCleto
- Male
- Greek origin
- Latin origin
- Cle-to
Cleto is a male name of Greek origin, a reduced form of Anacleto, which means 'invoked, called back to service'.
Meaning
“reduced form of Anacleto, 'invoked, called back to service'”
Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cleto · Behind the Name: Anacletus
- People (2022)
- 1,369
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,684
- Median age
- 58 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,803
- people
Cleto in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Cleto, 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 (316 people).
0 women 1,362 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 Cleto is most common
States with the highest share of people named Cleto in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pernambuco 0.002%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande do Sul | 158 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 146 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 142 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 90 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 86 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 78 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 74 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 69 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 62 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 58 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 54 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 50 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 49 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 37 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 36 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 34 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 24 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 21 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 19 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 18 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 17 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Cleto
According to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), which cites Machado (1981), Cleto comes from the French Clet, the result of a very old aphaeresis of Anaclet. Wiktionary records Cleto, in Italian, as the heir of the Latin Clētus, a shortened form of Anaclētus. Behind the Name gives Anacletus as the Latinized form of the Greek ἀνάκλητος, 'invoked, called back to service', and lists Cleto as the Portuguese form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,369 people named Cleto, with a median age of 58.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cleto · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
- Behind the Name: Anacletus · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: Cleto (Italian) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Cleto
What does the name Cleto mean?
Cleto means “reduced form of Anacleto, 'invoked, called back to service'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.
How many people are named Cleto in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,369 people with the first name Cleto, which ranks it number 6,684 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Cleto a boy's or a girl's name?
Cleto is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,362 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
What is the origin of the name Cleto?
Cleto is a name of Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Cleto most common?
Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.002% of the state's population is named Cleto (146 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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