Meaning of the nameCristino

Cristino is a Brazilian masculine name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil analyzes as Cristi- plus -no, with Cristi- linked to Cristo, from Greek Khristós, 'anointed'.

Meaning

The meaning of Cristino is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 3,280
Rank in Brazil: #3,651
Median age: 50 years
2010 Census: 4,527; people

Cristino in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cristino, 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 (634 people).

25 women 3,255 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 Cristino is most common

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

Piauí 0.008%
Maranhão 0.004%
Mato Grosso 0.003%
Bahia 0.003%
Goiás 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	452	0.001%
Bahia	420	0.003%
Minas Gerais	310	0.002%
Piauí	270	0.008%
Maranhão	241	0.004%
Pará	178	0.002%
Goiás	166	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	139	0.001%
Mato Grosso	112	0.003%
Paraná	111	0.001%
Pernambuco	104	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	100	0.001%
Ceará	100	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	97	0.004%
Tocantins	78	0.005%
Santa Catarina	68	0.001%
Amazonas	58	0.002%
Distrito Federal	52	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	45	0.001%
Paraíba	42	0.001%
Alagoas	35	0.001%
Espírito Santo	24	0.001%
Rondônia	22	0.001%
Sergipe	20	0.001%
Roraima	20	0.003%

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

About the name Cristino

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Cristino as Cristi- plus -no. In its Morfemário, the same dictionary explains Crist-/Cristi- from Cristo, from Latin, which comes from Greek Khristós, 'anointed', and describes -ino as a diminutive suffix of Latin origin; the meaning of Cristino as a whole is not documented. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,280 people named Cristino, with a median age of 50; the name is almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Cristino

What does the name Cristino mean?

The meaning of Cristino is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Cristino in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,280 people with the first name Cristino, which ranks it number 3,651 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Cristino is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 25 women and 3,255 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cristino?

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

In which Brazilian state is Cristino most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.008% of the state's population is named Cristino (270 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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