Meaning of the nameEpaminondas

Male
Greek origin
E-pa-mi-non-das

Epaminondas is a male name of Greek origin, which reached Portuguese through the Latin Epamīnōndās; the meaning of the whole is not known for certain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,622 people named Epaminondas, the 4,278th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 60, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Epaminondas is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 2,622
Rank in Brazil: #4,278
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 3,455; people

Epaminondas in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Epaminondas, 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 (585 people).

0 women 2,609 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 Epaminondas is most common

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

Bahia 0.004%
Goiás 0.003%
Minas Gerais 0.002%
Pernambuco 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	561	0.004%
São Paulo	501	0.001%
Minas Gerais	334	0.002%
Goiás	173	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	113	0.001%
Pernambuco	110	0.001%
Paraná	108	0.001%
Mato Grosso	91	0.003%
Pará	56	0.001%
Espírito Santo	56	0.002%
Distrito Federal	54	0.002%
Maranhão	51	0.001%
Ceará	47	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	45	0.000%
Paraíba	43	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	39	0.001%
Amazonas	34	0.001%
Tocantins	34	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	27	0.001%
Rondônia	27	0.002%
Piauí	25	0.001%
Alagoas	24	0.001%
Sergipe	24	0.001%
Santa Catarina	23	0.000%

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

About the name Epaminondas

Wiktionary records Epaminondas as a learned borrowing from the Latin Epamīnōndās, which comes from the Greek Ἐπαμεινώνδας. The Greek entry breaks it down into ἐπι-, ἀμείνων ('better') and the suffix -ίδας, but no source gives a sense for the whole name, and so it is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,622 people named Epaminondas, with a median age of 60, almost always men; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. Most were born before 1970.

Sources

Wiktionary: Epaminondas · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Ἐπαμεινώνδας · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: ἀμείνων · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Epaminondas

What does the name Epaminondas mean?

The meaning of Epaminondas is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Epaminondas in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,622 people with the first name Epaminondas, which ranks it number 4,278 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Epaminondas is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,609 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Epaminondas?

Epaminondas is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Epaminondas most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.004% of the state's population is named Epaminondas (561 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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