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Meaning of the nameClicia

Clicia is a feminine name, the feminine form of Clício, which goes back to the Greek mythological name Klytios, from klytós, 'famous, noble'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Clício, from Greek Klytios, 'famous, noble'”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Clicia · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Clicio · Behind the Name: Klytios

People (2022)
3,408
Rank in Brazil
#3,565
Median age
32 years
2010 Census
3,644
people

Clicia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Clicia, 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 (982 people).

3,392 women 0 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 Clicia is most common

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

  1. Acre 0.024%
  2. Amazonas 0.014%
  3. Pará 0.005%
  4. Maranhão 0.003%
  5. Bahia 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Amazonas5370.014%
Pará4210.005%
Bahia3910.003%
São Paulo3390.001%
Rio de Janeiro2580.002%
Minas Gerais1990.001%
Acre1990.024%
Maranhão1980.003%
Ceará1060.001%
Pernambuco870.001%
Alagoas780.003%
Amapá700.010%
Goiás690.001%
Espírito Santo540.001%
Sergipe510.002%
Paraná460.000%
Rio Grande do Norte410.001%
Rondônia390.003%
Paraíba330.001%
Distrito Federal330.001%
Santa Catarina310.000%
Piauí290.001%
Mato Grosso250.001%
Roraima230.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul190.001%
Rio Grande do Sul170.000%
Tocantins150.001%

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

About the name Clicia

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) defines Clicia as the feminine of Clício and, citing Machado (1981), derives Clício from the Latin Clytius, the name of an argonaut. Behind the Name gives Clytius as a Latinized form of the Greek Klytios, from klytós, 'famous, noble', the name of characters in mythology. The meaning is that of the base name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,408 people named Clicia, almost always women, and more than half were born in the 1980s and 1990s. The dictionary lists Clycia, Clicya, Klicia, Klicya and Klycia as spelling variants.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Clicia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Clicio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Klytios · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Clytius · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Clicia

What does the name Clicia mean?

Clicia means “feminine form of Clício, from Greek Klytios, 'famous, noble'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Clicia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,408 people with the first name Clicia, which ranks it number 3,565 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Clicia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,392 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Clicia?

Clicia is a name of Latin and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Clicia most common?

Proportionally, in Acre: 0.024% of the state's population is named Clicia (199 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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