Meaning of the nameEdmar

Edmar is a male name that the Morphemary of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil includes among the traditional names with Ed-, from ead, 'wealth', and with -mar.

Meaning

The meaning of Edmar 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): 44,298
Rank in Brazil: #613
Median age: 45 years
2010 Census: 49,110; people

Edmar in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Edmar, 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 (12,638 people).

1,553 women 42,745 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 Edmar is most common

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

Minas Gerais 0.052%
Espírito Santo 0.049%
Goiás 0.049%
Rondônia 0.037%
Distrito Federal 0.029%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	10,714	0.052%
São Paulo	7,933	0.018%
Goiás	3,446	0.049%
Rio de Janeiro	3,035	0.019%
Bahia	2,457	0.017%
Espírito Santo	1,873	0.049%
Ceará	1,759	0.020%
Paraná	1,536	0.013%
Maranhão	1,231	0.018%
Pará	1,127	0.014%
Mato Grosso	964	0.026%
Pernambuco	932	0.010%
Amazonas	932	0.024%
Piauí	918	0.028%
Distrito Federal	817	0.029%
Mato Grosso do Sul	754	0.027%
Rio Grande do Sul	741	0.007%
Santa Catarina	732	0.010%
Rondônia	582	0.037%
Tocantins	430	0.028%
Paraíba	380	0.010%
Rio Grande do Norte	337	0.010%
Alagoas	184	0.006%
Acre	178	0.021%
Sergipe	125	0.006%
Roraima	119	0.019%
Amapá	62	0.008%

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

About the name Edmar

In the Morphemary of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, Edmar appears among the traditional names formed with Ed-, which the project links to the Anglo-Saxon ead, 'wealth, goods', and among those inherited with -mar, of Germanic origin, 'glory, fame'. The name's entry records Hedmar as a spelling variant. The meaning of the name as a whole is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 44,298 people named Edmar, with a median age of 45. The name is almost always male, most of the people recorded were born in the 1970s and 1980s and, proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Edmar

What does the name Edmar mean?

The meaning of Edmar 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 Edmar in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 44,298 people with the first name Edmar, which ranks it number 613 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Edmar is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,553 women and 42,745 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Edmar?

Edmar is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Edmar most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.052% of the state's population is named Edmar (10,714 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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