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Meaning of the nameEber

Eber is a spelling of the name Heber, which means “region beyond (from Hebrew, 'to pass, to cross over')”.

Meaning

“region beyond (from Hebrew, 'to pass, to cross over')”

Meaning of the name Heber, of which Eber is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Eber

People (2022)
4,562
Rank in Brazil
#2,928
Median age
40 years
2010 Census
5,257
people

Eber in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Eber, 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 (1,576 people).

107 women 4,455 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 Eber is most common

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

  1. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.006%
  2. Goiás 0.005%
  3. Mato Grosso 0.005%
  4. Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,2060.003%
Minas Gerais6940.003%
Rio Grande do Sul4150.004%
Goiás3420.005%
Paraná3040.003%
Rio de Janeiro2730.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul1720.006%
Mato Grosso1670.005%
Bahia1640.001%
Espírito Santo1250.003%
Santa Catarina1080.001%
Amazonas1060.003%
Pará970.001%
Distrito Federal890.003%
Rondônia600.004%
Pernambuco590.001%
Ceará270.000%
Tocantins230.002%
Maranhão190.000%
Paraíba190.001%
Rio Grande do Norte190.001%

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

The spelling Eber

Without the initial H, it is the spelling that Behind the Name uses as the main entry for the biblical name, meaning 'region beyond'.

About the name Heber

Heber and Eber are forms of the biblical name of a descendant of Shem, from Hebrew ʿĒḇer, linked to the verb meaning 'to pass, to cross over'. Behind the Name gives Eber the meaning 'region beyond' and describes Heber as the form of Eber used in some versions of the New Testament, in the genealogy in the Gospel of Luke. The same site also lists another biblical Heber, meaning 'companion', and a Heber from Irish mythology, an anglicized form of Éibhear, which shows that the spelling brings together names of different origins. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,408 people named Heber, with a median age of 39.

Other spellings of Heber

SpellingPeople (2022)
Heber5,408
Eber4,562

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Eber · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Heber 3 · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Heber 2 · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Wiktionary: Heber · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  5. Wiktionary: Eber · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  6. Behind the Name: Heber 1 · behindthename.com · origin
  7. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Heber · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Eber

What does the name Eber mean?

Eber means “region beyond (from Hebrew, 'to pass, to cross over')”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Heber, of which Eber is a spelling.

How many people are named Eber in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,562 people with the first name Eber, which ranks it number 2,928 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Eber is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 107 women and 4,455 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Eber?

Eber is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Eber most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.006% of the state's population is named Eber (172 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Eber?

Heber. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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