Meaning of the nameDiogo

Male
Latin origin
Di-o-go

Diogo is a masculine name, the Portuguese form of Diego, which comes from medieval Latin Didacus, an Iberian name of uncertain origin.

Meaning

The meaning of Diogo 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): 165,135
Rank in Brazil: #199
Median age: 23 years
2010 Census: 156,119; people

Diogo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Diogo, 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 (49,102 people).

906 women 164,229 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 Diogo is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	37,572	0.085%
Rio de Janeiro	17,266	0.108%
Minas Gerais	16,522	0.080%
Rio Grande do Sul	11,272	0.104%
Bahia	10,015	0.071%
Paraná	10,003	0.087%
Santa Catarina	7,826	0.103%
Pernambuco	7,351	0.081%
Goiás	6,205	0.088%
Pará	5,823	0.072%
Ceará	3,762	0.043%
Maranhão	3,674	0.054%
Mato Grosso	3,166	0.087%
Amazonas	3,017	0.077%
Espírito Santo	2,665	0.070%
Paraíba	2,573	0.065%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,555	0.093%
Distrito Federal	2,498	0.089%
Alagoas	2,473	0.079%
Rio Grande do Norte	2,032	0.062%
Piauí	1,677	0.051%
Sergipe	1,429	0.065%
Rondônia	1,243	0.079%
Tocantins	1,125	0.074%
Amapá	600	0.082%
Acre	404	0.049%
Roraima	387	0.061%

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

About the name Diogo

Diogo comes from Old Galician-Portuguese Diago, from Latin Didacus, and corresponds to Spanish Diego. Wiktionary notes that the change of -a- to -o- is irregular and may have served to avoid confusion with Diago, from diaconus; about Didacus, a name recorded in the Iberian Peninsula since the eighth century, it lists Greek, Celtic and Basque hypotheses, without a conclusion. Behind the Name mentions the proposal of Greek didaché, 'teaching'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 165,135 people named Diogo, with a median age of 23 and the largest number born in the 2000s; proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Sources

Wiktionary: Diogo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Didacus · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Diego · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Diogo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Diogo

What does the name Diogo mean?

The meaning of Diogo 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 Diogo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 165,135 people with the first name Diogo, which ranks it number 199 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Diogo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 906 women and 164,229 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Diogo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Diogo most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.108% of the state's population is named Diogo (17,266 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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