Meaning of the nameEmídio

Male
Latin origin
E-mí-di-o

Emídio is a male name that comes from the Late Latin name Emygdius, of unknown meaning.

Meaning

The meaning of Emídio 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): 5,367
Rank in Brazil: #2,609
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 7,392; people

Emídio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Emídio, 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 (1,169 people).

21 women 5,346 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 Emídio is most common

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

Piauí 0.009%
Ceará 0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.005%
Paraíba 0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.004%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	949	0.002%
Minas Gerais	506	0.003%
Bahia	454	0.003%
Ceará	416	0.005%
Paraná	356	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	292	0.002%
Piauí	279	0.009%
Pernambuco	271	0.003%
Maranhão	251	0.004%
Pará	207	0.003%
Paraíba	177	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	154	0.005%
Santa Catarina	150	0.002%
Goiás	144	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	135	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	109	0.004%
Distrito Federal	92	0.003%
Mato Grosso	89	0.002%
Amazonas	73	0.002%
Espírito Santo	73	0.002%
Tocantins	44	0.003%
Rondônia	42	0.003%
Alagoas	33	0.001%
Sergipe	24	0.001%
Roraima	20	0.003%

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

About the name Emídio

Behind the Name and Wiktionary link the Italian form Emidio to the Late Latin name Emygdius, which Behind the Name says is possibly the Latinized form of a Gaulish name of unknown meaning; for this reason the meaning of Emídio is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records the spellings Emydio and Hemidio as graphic variants of Emidio. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,367 people named Emídio, with a median age of 60. The largest number were born in the 1950s, and the name is almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Emídio

What does the name Emídio mean?

The meaning of Emídio 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 Emídio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,367 people with the first name Emídio, which ranks it number 2,609 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Emídio a boy's or a girl's name?

Emídio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 21 women and 5,346 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Emídio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Emídio most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.009% of the state's population is named Emídio (279 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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