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Meaning of the nameEmiliano

Emiliano is a male name of Latin origin, derived from Aemilianus, which comes from the Roman family name Aemilius, possibly 'rival'.

Meaning

“derived from Aemilius, possibly 'rival'”

Source: Wiktionary: Aemilius · Behind the Name: Emil

People (2022)
4,361
Rank in Brazil
#3,016
Median age
43 years
2010 Census
5,135
people

Emiliano in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Emiliano, 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 (872 people).

29 women 4,332 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 Emiliano is most common

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

  1. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.006%
  2. Mato Grosso 0.004%
  3. Ceará 0.004%
  4. Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
  5. Paraíba 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5740.001%
Minas Gerais4410.002%
Bahia3170.002%
Ceará3090.004%
Rio Grande do Sul3030.003%
Rio de Janeiro2870.002%
Paraná2260.002%
Pará2180.003%
Santa Catarina1990.003%
Goiás1650.002%
Maranhão1560.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul1530.006%
Pernambuco1430.002%
Mato Grosso1310.004%
Paraíba1130.003%
Tocantins990.007%
Amazonas870.002%
Piauí860.003%
Espírito Santo730.002%
Rio Grande do Norte730.002%
Distrito Federal620.002%
Alagoas420.001%
Rondônia300.002%
Roraima210.003%
Sergipe200.001%
Acre190.002%

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

About the name Emiliano

According to Wiktionary, Emiliano comes from Latin Aemiliānus, formed from Aemilius with the suffix -ānus, and has Emiliana as its feminine. Behind the Name describes it as the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Aemilianus. Wiktionary says that Aemilius possibly comes from aemulus, 'rival'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,361 people named Emiliano, with a median age of 43, almost always male, born in every decade, from before 1940 to the 2020s.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Emiliano · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Aemilius · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Emiliano · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Emil · behindthename.com · meaning
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Emiliano · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Emiliano

What does the name Emiliano mean?

Emiliano means “derived from Aemilius, possibly 'rival'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Emiliano in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,361 people with the first name Emiliano, which ranks it number 3,016 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Emiliano is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 29 women and 4,332 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Emiliano?

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

In which Brazilian state is Emiliano most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.006% of the state's population is named Emiliano (153 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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