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Meaning of the nameCleusa

Cleusa is a Brazilian feminine name, a variant of Creusa, the Latinized form of the Greek Kreousa, meaning 'princess'.

Meaning

“variant of Creusa, from Greek Kreousa, 'princess'”

Source: Behind the Name: Cleusa · Behind the Name: Creusa

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People (2022)
68,359
Rank in Brazil
#442
Median age
60 years
2010 Census
76,694
people

Cleusa in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cleusa, 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 (24,295 people).

68,081 women 278 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 Cleusa is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.081%
  2. Paraná 0.073%
  3. Santa Catarina 0.059%
  4. São Paulo 0.053%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.049%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo23,3830.053%
Minas Gerais10,0010.049%
Rio Grande do Sul8,8040.081%
Paraná8,3860.073%
Santa Catarina4,4600.059%
Goiás3,2660.046%
Bahia2,2290.016%
Rio de Janeiro2,1560.013%
Mato Grosso1,1610.032%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,0400.038%
Distrito Federal6790.024%
Espírito Santo5430.014%
Rondônia4980.032%
Pará3290.004%
Pernambuco2760.003%
Maranhão2450.004%
Tocantins1850.012%
Piauí1430.004%
Paraíba1180.003%
Alagoas1180.004%
Ceará1120.001%
Amazonas600.002%
Rio Grande do Norte500.002%
Sergipe480.002%
Roraima310.005%
Acre280.003%

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

About the name Cleusa

According to Behind the Name, Cleusa is a variant of Creusa, the Latinized form of the Greek Kreousa, which means 'princess' and derives from kreion, 'king, lord'. Kreousa is the name of several figures in Greek mythology. Behind the Name gives Cleuza and Creuza as Brazilian variants, and Soledade's dictionary records the spellings Cleuza, Kleusa and Kleuza. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 68,359 people named Cleusa, most of them born in the 1950s and 1960s. Proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Cleusa · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Creusa · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Creusa · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cleusa · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Cleusa

What does the name Cleusa mean?

Cleusa means “variant of Creusa, from Greek Kreousa, 'princess'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Cleusa in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 68,359 people with the first name Cleusa, which ranks it number 442 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Cleusa is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 68,081 women and 278 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cleusa?

Cleusa is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cleusa most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.081% of the state's population is named Cleusa (8,804 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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