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Meaning of the nameErculano

Erculano is a spelling of the name Herculano.

Meaning

The meaning of Erculano 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)
673
Rank in Brazil
#10,883
Median age
62 years
2010 Census
1,362
people

Erculano in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Erculano, 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 (158 people).

0 women 672 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.

The spelling Erculano

The spelling without the initial H, recorded by the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil as a spelling variant of Herculano.

About the name Herculano

Herculano comes from Latin Herculanus, according to the Portuguese Wiktionary, which records it as a male given name. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists it among the traditional names with the ending -ano, from Latin -anu, 'originating from, belonging to'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,682 people named Herculano, with a median age of 59. Proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais. The Dictionary records Erculano as a spelling variant.

Other spellings of Herculano

SpellingPeople (2022)
Herculano2,682
Erculano673

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vilmara · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vilmar · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  3. Wikcionário: Herculano · pt.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Erculano

What does the name Erculano mean?

The meaning of Erculano 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 Erculano in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 673 people with the first name Erculano, which ranks it number 10,883 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Erculano is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 672 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Erculano?

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

What are the other spellings of Erculano?

Herculano. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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