Meaning of the nameClezio

Male
French origin
Cle-zi-o

Clezio is a male name written with Z and ending in -io, listed as a spelling variant of Clesio and most common among those born in the 1970s and 1980s.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,635 people named Clezio, the 5,896th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 43, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Goiás.

Meaning

The meaning of Clezio 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): 1,635
Rank in Brazil: #5,896
Median age: 43 years
2010 Census: 1,650; people

Clezio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Clezio, 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 (467 people).

0 women 1,628 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 Clezio is most common

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

Goiás 0.002%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	291	0.001%
São Paulo	192	0.000%
Goiás	115	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	111	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	95	0.001%
Bahia	88	0.001%
Santa Catarina	85	0.001%
Pará	82	0.001%
Espírito Santo	71	0.002%
Paraná	61	0.001%
Maranhão	61	0.001%
Mato Grosso	55	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	46	0.001%
Pernambuco	41	0.001%
Tocantins	41	0.003%
Ceará	28	0.000%
Sergipe	28	0.001%
Amazonas	24	0.001%
Distrito Federal	22	0.001%
Piauí	21	0.001%
Rondônia	20	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	18	0.001%

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

About the name Clezio

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Clezio as a spelling variant of Clesio, a name that, according to Machado (1981), comes from the French Clézio, along with Claise, of Breton origin. The meaning of the name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,635 people named Clezio, with a median age of 43; the records are almost always of men and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Goiás.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Clesio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Clezio

What does the name Clezio mean?

The meaning of Clezio 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 Clezio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,635 people with the first name Clezio, which ranks it number 5,896 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Clezio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,628 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Clezio?

Clezio is a name of French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Clezio most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.002% of the state's population is named Clezio (115 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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