Meaning of the nameElói

Elói is a name of French and Latin origin, from the French Éloi and the medieval Latin Eligius, a name derived from the Latin verb eligo, 'to choose'.

Meaning

“from the Latin Eligius, derived from eligo, 'to choose'”

Source: Behind the Name: Eligius

People (2022): 14,572
Rank in Brazil: #1,314
Median age: 59 years
2010 Census: 18,593; people

Elói in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Elói, 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 (3,773 people).

2,314 women 12,258 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 Elói is most common

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

Rio Grande do Sul 0.044%
Santa Catarina 0.024%
Paraná 0.014%
Mato Grosso 0.009%
Pará 0.007%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	4,780	0.044%
Santa Catarina	1,792	0.024%
Paraná	1,595	0.014%
São Paulo	1,484	0.003%
Minas Gerais	764	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	547	0.003%
Pará	535	0.007%
Bahia	527	0.004%
Mato Grosso	310	0.009%
Goiás	246	0.004%
Pernambuco	199	0.002%
Amazonas	197	0.005%
Ceará	187	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	183	0.007%
Maranhão	182	0.003%
Piauí	178	0.005%
Espírito Santo	160	0.004%
Alagoas	133	0.004%
Rondônia	94	0.006%
Rio Grande do Norte	89	0.003%
Distrito Federal	88	0.003%
Paraíba	64	0.002%
Tocantins	63	0.004%
Amapá	51	0.007%
Sergipe	49	0.002%
Roraima	48	0.008%
Acre	27	0.003%

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

About the name Elói

Wiktionary lists Elói as a male name taken from the French Éloi, from the medieval Latin Eligius, and gives it as a divergent form of Elígio. Behind the Name explains Eligius as a Late Latin name derived from eligo, 'to choose', and lists Eloy among the Spanish forms. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 14,572 people named Elói, 2,314 of them women. Proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Eloy, Heloi and Heloy as spelling variants of Eloi.

It is the most common spelling in the group, with an acute accent on the O.

Other spellings of Elói

Spelling	People (2022)
Elói	14,572
Eloy	2,340

Sources

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

Questions about the name Elói

What does the name Elói mean?

Elói means “from the Latin Eligius, derived from eligo, 'to choose'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Elói in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 14,572 people with the first name Elói, which ranks it number 1,314 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Elói a boy's or a girl's name?

Elói is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 2,314 women and 12,258 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Elói?

Elói is a name of French and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Elói most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.044% of the state's population is named Elói (4,780 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Elói?

Eloy. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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