Meaning of the nameElmo

Elmo is a male name that began as a short form of Germanic names ending in helm, 'helmet, protection', such as Anselmo, and is also linked to Erasmo.

Meaning

“short form of Germanic names ending in helm, 'helmet, protection'”

Source: Behind the Name: Elmo

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People (2022): 5,315
Rank in Brazil: #2,629
Median age: 53 years
2010 Census: 6,537; people

Elmo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Elmo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,233 people).

0 women 5,298 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 Elmo is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	939	0.005%
Bahia	769	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	631	0.006%
Rio de Janeiro	627	0.004%
São Paulo	542	0.001%
Santa Catarina	303	0.004%
Goiás	200	0.003%
Paraná	195	0.002%
Pernambuco	141	0.002%
Espírito Santo	125	0.003%
Distrito Federal	98	0.004%
Sergipe	96	0.004%
Mato Grosso	92	0.003%
Ceará	88	0.001%
Maranhão	64	0.001%
Amazonas	59	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	59	0.002%
Pará	58	0.001%
Paraíba	46	0.001%
Alagoas	41	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	40	0.001%
Piauí	33	0.001%
Rondônia	21	0.001%
Tocantins	20	0.001%
Roraima	16	0.003%

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

About the name Elmo

Behind the Name says that Elmo began as a short form of Germanic names ending in the element helm, such as Guglielmo and Anselmo, and that it also derives from Erasmo, through the Old Italian form Ermo. The English Wiktionary entry gives Elmo as an Italian contraction of Erasmo and, in German, as a short form of Elmar. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Helmo as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,315 people named Elmo, almost always men, with a median age of 53; proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Elmo

What does the name Elmo mean?

Elmo means “short form of Germanic names ending in helm, 'helmet, protection'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Elmo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,315 people with the first name Elmo, which ranks it number 2,629 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Elmo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 5,298 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Elmo?

Elmo is a name of Germanic and Italian origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Elmo most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.006% of the state's population is named Elmo (631 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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