Meaning of the nameDyego

Dyego is a spelling of the name Diego.

Meaning

The meaning of Dyego 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): 2,124
Rank in Brazil: #4,907
Median age: 30 years
2010 Census: 1,079; people

Dyego in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Dyego, 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 (726 people).

0 women 2,119 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 Dyego is most common

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

Paraíba 0.003%
Goiás 0.002%
Pernambuco 0.002%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
Ceará 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	300	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	190	0.001%
Minas Gerais	186	0.001%
Pernambuco	164	0.002%
Goiás	135	0.002%
Paraná	130	0.001%
Ceará	108	0.001%
Paraíba	107	0.003%
Santa Catarina	82	0.001%
Distrito Federal	80	0.003%
Bahia	75	0.001%
Maranhão	64	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	63	0.002%
Espírito Santo	59	0.002%
Pará	53	0.001%
Mato Grosso	52	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	44	0.000%
Alagoas	42	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	42	0.002%
Amazonas	34	0.001%
Piauí	34	0.001%
Tocantins	23	0.002%
Rondônia	19	0.001%
Sergipe	17	0.001%

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

The spelling Dyego

It replaces the I with a Y; proportionally, it is most common in Paraíba.

About the name Diego

Wiktionary describes Diego as a Spanish name coming from an Iberian name, the Latin Dīdacus, recorded since the eighth century and of unknown origin; proposals of Greek, Basque and Celtiberian origin are not generally accepted, and the link with Santiago is treated as folk etymology. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) derives it from Didacus and associates that name with 'master, one who teaches', and Behind the Name mentions the suggestion of an origin in the Greek didache, 'teaching', and the possibility that it is a shortened form of Santiago. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 403,169 people named Diego, most of them born in the 1980s and 1990s, and the name is almost always male. Dyego is among the spelling variants listed by the dictionary.

Other spellings of Diego

Spelling	People (2022)
Diego	403,169
Dyego	2,124

Sources

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

Questions about the name Dyego

What does the name Dyego mean?

The meaning of Dyego 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 Dyego in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,124 people with the first name Dyego, which ranks it number 4,907 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Dyego is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,119 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Dyego?

Dyego is a name of Spanish origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Dyego most common?

Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.003% of the state's population is named Dyego (107 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Dyego?

Diego. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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