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Meaning of the nameEmílio

Emílio is a male name of Latin origin, a learned borrowing of Aemilius, a Roman family name that Behind the Name links to the Latin aemulus, 'rival'.

Meaning

“from the Roman family name Aemilius, linked to the Latin aemulus, 'rival'”

Source: Behind the Name: Emil

People (2022)
17,175
Rank in Brazil
#1,172
Median age
54 years
2010 Census
21,402
people

Emílio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Emílio, 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 (3,109 people).

53 women 17,122 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 Emílio is most common

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

  1. Paraná 0.014%
  2. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.013%
  3. Espírito Santo 0.013%
  4. Rio Grande do Sul 0.012%
  5. Santa Catarina 0.012%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4,5080.010%
Minas Gerais1,8060.009%
Paraná1,5790.014%
Rio Grande do Sul1,3000.012%
Bahia1,2060.009%
Santa Catarina8880.012%
Rio de Janeiro8820.006%
Goiás5430.008%
Pará5050.006%
Espírito Santo4780.013%
Maranhão3720.006%
Ceará3710.004%
Mato Grosso3700.010%
Mato Grosso do Sul3630.013%
Pernambuco3300.004%
Amazonas2710.007%
Distrito Federal2110.008%
Piauí2060.006%
Sergipe1600.007%
Paraíba1440.004%
Rio Grande do Norte1380.004%
Alagoas1380.004%
Rondônia1280.008%
Tocantins1210.008%
Roraima670.011%
Acre460.006%
Amapá440.006%

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

About the name Emílio

Wiktionary records Emílio as a learned borrowing of the Latin Aemilius, with the feminine Emília. Behind the Name treats Emilio as the Italian and Spanish form of Aemilius and, in the entry Emil, derives this Roman name from the Latin aemulus, 'rival'; Wiktionary presents this link only as possible. The name is almost always male and was given most often to people born in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 17,175 people named Emílio, with a median age of 54; proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Emílio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Emil · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Emilio · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Wiktionary: Aemilius · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Emílio

What does the name Emílio mean?

Emílio means “from the Roman family name Aemilius, linked to the Latin aemulus, 'rival'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Emílio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 17,175 people with the first name Emílio, which ranks it number 1,172 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Emílio a boy's or a girl's name?

Emílio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 53 women and 17,122 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Emílio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Emílio most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.014% of the state's population is named Emílio (1,579 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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