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Meaning of the nameErimar

Erimar is a name of Brazilian formation, used mostly by men, that ends in -mar and whose full meaning is not documented.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,185 people named Erimar, the 7,383rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 44, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Meaning

The meaning of Erimar 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)
1,185
Rank in Brazil
#7,383
Median age
44 years
2010 Census
1,329
people

Erimar in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Erimar, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (324 people).

231 women 954 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 Erimar is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.004%
  2. Rio Grande do Norte 0.004%
  3. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Amazonas1440.004%
Rio Grande do Norte1210.004%
São Paulo1110.000%
Piauí960.003%
Ceará830.001%
Minas Gerais650.000%
Pará640.001%
Bahia570.000%
Paraíba560.001%
Pernambuco510.001%
Maranhão490.001%
Rio de Janeiro430.000%
Goiás320.001%
Santa Catarina310.000%
Paraná270.000%
Acre270.003%
Distrito Federal200.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul170.001%
Mato Grosso160.000%
Espírito Santo150.000%

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

About the name Erimar

Erimar ends in -mar, but no source documents the name as a whole. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives three possible origins for -mar: Germanic, with the sense of 'glory, fame', a fragment of Maria, or the noun mar. IBGE recorded 1,185 people named Erimar in the 2022 Census, with a median age of 44. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Erimar

What does the name Erimar mean?

The meaning of Erimar 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 Erimar in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,185 people with the first name Erimar, which ranks it number 7,383 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Erimar is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 231 women and 954 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Erimar most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.004% of the state's population is named Erimar (144 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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