Meaning of the nameEliano
- Male
- E-li-a-no
Eliano is a male name ending in the suffix -ano, of uncertain origin, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links to the spelling Heliano.
Meaning
The meaning of Eliano is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 3,278
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,653
- Median age
- 41 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,650
- people
Eliano in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Eliano, 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 (1,298 people).
47 women 3,231 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 Eliano is most common
States with the highest share of people named Eliano in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Ceará 0.004%
- Alagoas 0.004%
- Paraíba 0.003%
- Pernambuco 0.003%
- Bahia 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 538 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 381 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 325 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 311 | 0.004% |
| Pernambuco | 237 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 144 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 132 | 0.003% |
| Alagoas | 111 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 100 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 99 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 99 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 90 | 0.003% |
| Amazonas | 80 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 77 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 64 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 59 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 58 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 53 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 47 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 47 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 46 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 45 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 39 | 0.005% |
| Distrito Federal | 36 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 34 | 0.002% |
| Roraima | 18 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Eliano
The origin of the name Eliano is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Heliano as a graphic variant, that is, a different way of writing the same name, and its Morfemário describes the ending -ano as a masculine suffix from Latin -anu, 'originating from, belonging to', citing Heliano among the examples. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,278 people named Eliano, with a median age of 41; the largest number of records is of people born in the 1980s, and the name is almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Eliano · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Eliano
What does the name Eliano mean?
The meaning of Eliano is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Eliano in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,278 people with the first name Eliano, which ranks it number 3,653 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Eliano a boy's or a girl's name?
Eliano is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 47 women and 3,231 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Eliano most common?
Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.004% of the state's population is named Eliano (311 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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