Meaning of the nameCristiam
- Male
- Cris-ti-am
Cristiam is a masculine spelling with a final -m, close to Cristian, the Portuguese form of the English name Christian.
Meaning
The meaning of Cristiam 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)
- 1,528
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,172
- Median age
- 23 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,116
- people
Cristiam in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Cristiam, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (425 people).
49 women 1,479 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 Cristiam is most common
States with the highest share of people named Cristiam in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
- Santa Catarina 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande do Sul | 379 | 0.004% |
| São Paulo | 280 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 144 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 129 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 90 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 82 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 61 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 45 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 45 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 42 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 30 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 24 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 24 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 24 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 22 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 20 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Cristiam
Wiktionary records Cristian in Portuguese as an unadapted borrowing of English Christian, and Behind the Name explains Christian as coming from medieval Latin Christianus, 'a Christian'. The Morfemário gives the element Crist-/Cristi- from Latin Cristo and Greek Khristós, 'anointed'. The origin of the spelling with -m is uncertain, and the meaning of Cristiam as a form in its own right is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,528 people named Cristiam, with a median age of 23, almost always male. The peak was among men born in the 1990s and 2000s, and proportionally the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Cristian · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Behind the Name: Christian · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Cristiam
What does the name Cristiam mean?
The meaning of Cristiam 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 Cristiam in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,528 people with the first name Cristiam, which ranks it number 6,172 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Cristiam a boy's or a girl's name?
Cristiam is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 49 women and 1,479 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Cristiam most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.004% of the state's population is named Cristiam (379 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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