Meaning of the nameCristiano

Male
Latin origin
Cris-ti-a-no

Cristiano is a male name of Latin origin, from Medieval Latin Christianus, 'Christian', formed from Christus with the suffix -ianus.

Meaning

“Christian”

Source: Wiktionary: Cristiano · Behind the Name: Christian

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People (2022): 183,843
Rank in Brazil: #180
Median age: 37 years
2010 Census: 195,807; people

Cristiano in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cristiano, 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 (75,726 people).

952 women 182,891 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 Cristiano is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	37,687	0.085%
Minas Gerais	20,983	0.102%
Rio Grande do Sul	20,216	0.186%
Rio de Janeiro	17,806	0.111%
Bahia	11,126	0.079%
Paraná	10,710	0.094%
Santa Catarina	10,213	0.134%
Pernambuco	6,993	0.077%
Goiás	6,037	0.086%
Ceará	5,240	0.060%
Pará	5,096	0.063%
Maranhão	3,594	0.053%
Espírito Santo	3,464	0.090%
Amazonas	3,254	0.083%
Alagoas	3,050	0.098%
Paraíba	2,934	0.074%
Mato Grosso	2,839	0.078%
Distrito Federal	2,210	0.078%
Sergipe	2,179	0.099%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,958	0.071%
Piauí	1,547	0.047%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,464	0.044%
Rondônia	1,049	0.066%
Tocantins	862	0.057%
Acre	559	0.067%
Amapá	481	0.066%
Roraima	292	0.046%

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

About the name Cristiano

Wiktionary records Cristiano as a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Chrīstiānus, from Chrīstus plus the suffix -iānus, of the same origin as Cristian, cristão ('Christian') and cretino ('cretin'). Behind the Name gives Latin Christianus the sense 'a Christian' and lists Cristiano and Cristian as Portuguese forms. The feminine form is Cristiana. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 183,843 people named Cristiano, with a median age of 37; the name gained strength among those born from the 1970s onward.

Sources

Wiktionary: Cristiano · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Christian · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cristiano · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Cristiano

What does the name Cristiano mean?

Cristiano means “Christian”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Cristiano in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 183,843 people with the first name Cristiano, which ranks it number 180 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Cristiano is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 952 women and 182,891 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cristiano?

Cristiano is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cristiano most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.186% of the state's population is named Cristiano (20,216 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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