Meaning of the nameErcília

Female
Latin origin
Er-cí-li-a

Ercília is a feminine name, the Portuguese form of Hersilia, a name from Roman legend, given mostly to people born up to the 1950s.

Meaning

The meaning of Ercília 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): 7,806
Rank in Brazil: #2,012
Median age: 67 years
2010 Census: 11,514; people

Ercília in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ercília, 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 (1,941 people).

7,768 women 38 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 Ercília is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,494	0.006%
Minas Gerais	1,094	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	743	0.005%
Paraná	636	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	418	0.004%
Bahia	383	0.003%
Goiás	234	0.003%
Espírito Santo	206	0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul	190	0.007%
Pará	170	0.002%
Amazonas	165	0.004%
Mato Grosso	141	0.004%
Santa Catarina	135	0.002%
Piauí	113	0.004%
Ceará	105	0.001%
Maranhão	94	0.001%
Distrito Federal	93	0.003%
Pernambuco	83	0.001%
Rondônia	79	0.005%
Tocantins	60	0.004%
Paraíba	48	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	29	0.001%
Roraima	23	0.004%
Alagoas	22	0.001%
Acre	18	0.002%
Sergipe	17	0.001%

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

About the name Ercília

Behind the Name records Ercília as the Portuguese form of Hersilia, the name of a Sabine woman in Roman legend. The meaning is uncertain: Behind the Name tentatively suggests a link to the Greek herse, 'dew'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Hercilia as a spelling variant of Ercília. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,806 people named Ercília, with a median age of 67.

It is the most common spelling in the group; the acute accent on the í marks the stressed syllable, as in the Portuguese form that Behind the Name records.

Other spellings of Ercília

Spelling	People (2022)
Ercília	7,806
Hercilia	2,554

Sources

Behind the Name: Hersilia · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ercília · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Hercilia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Ercília

What does the name Ercília mean?

The meaning of Ercília 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 Ercília in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,806 people with the first name Ercília, which ranks it number 2,012 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Ercília a boy's or a girl's name?

Ercília is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,768 women and 38 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ercília?

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

In which Brazilian state is Ercília most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.007% of the state's population is named Ercília (190 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ercília?

Hercilia. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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