Meaning of the nameEgídio

Male
Latin origin
E-gí-di-o

Egídio is a male name of Latin origin, the Portuguese form of Aegidius, whose root the sources explain in two ways.

Meaning

“from Aegidius, linked to 'shield' or to 'kid (young goat)', depending on the source”

Source: Wiktionary: Egídio · Wiktionary: Aegidius · Behind the Name: Giles

People (2022): 5,581
Rank in Brazil: #2,547
Median age: 62 years
2010 Census: 7,472; people

Egídio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Egídio, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (1,361 people).

0 women 5,569 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 Egídio is most common

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

Rio Grande do Sul 0.009%
Santa Catarina 0.006%
Piauí 0.005%
Bahia 0.005%
Mato Grosso 0.004%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,089	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,005	0.009%
Bahia	640	0.005%
Santa Catarina	448	0.006%
Minas Gerais	376	0.002%
Paraná	292	0.003%
Maranhão	207	0.003%
Pernambuco	182	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	165	0.001%
Piauí	155	0.005%
Mato Grosso	137	0.004%
Ceará	131	0.002%
Pará	114	0.001%
Paraíba	98	0.003%
Goiás	90	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	80	0.003%
Espírito Santo	59	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	59	0.002%
Distrito Federal	49	0.002%
Sergipe	41	0.002%
Rondônia	39	0.003%
Alagoas	35	0.001%
Amazonas	31	0.001%
Tocantins	31	0.002%
Acre	15	0.002%

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

About the name Egídio

Wiktionary lists Egídio as a learned borrowing from Latin Aegidius, equivalent to English Giles. For that Latin name, Wiktionary gives as a probable origin aegis, 'shield' (from Greek aigís, 'goatskin'), and Behind the Name links it to Greek aigidion, 'kid (young goat)'. The Brazilian dictionary records the spelling variants Egydio, Ejidio and Hegidio, and the Galician Exidio. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,581 people named Egídio. The 1950s and 1960s account for the largest number of people born with this name, which is almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Wiktionary: Egídio · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Aegidius · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Giles · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Egídio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Egídio

What does the name Egídio mean?

Egídio means “from Aegidius, linked to 'shield' or to 'kid (young goat)', depending on the source”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Egídio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,581 people with the first name Egídio, which ranks it number 2,547 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Egídio a boy's or a girl's name?

Egídio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 5,569 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Egídio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Egídio most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.009% of the state's population is named Egídio (1,005 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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