Meaning of the nameErmes

Ermes is a spelling of the name Hermes.

Meaning

The meaning of Ermes 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): 1,711
Rank in Brazil: #5,705
Median age: 55 years
2010 Census: 3,121; people

Ermes in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ermes, 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 (385 people).

0 women 1,700 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 Ermes is most common

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

Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
Paraná 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
Bahia 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	308	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	215	0.002%
Minas Gerais	205	0.001%
Bahia	147	0.001%
Paraná	121	0.001%
Santa Catarina	73	0.001%
Goiás	64	0.001%
Pará	58	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	56	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	56	0.002%
Mato Grosso	54	0.002%
Espírito Santo	52	0.001%
Pernambuco	50	0.001%
Amazonas	31	0.001%
Distrito Federal	29	0.001%
Rondônia	28	0.002%
Maranhão	26	0.000%
Paraíba	24	0.001%
Ceará	23	0.000%
Alagoas	20	0.001%
Tocantins	20	0.001%
Piauí	15	0.001%

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

The spelling Ermes

A spelling without the initial H, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists as a spelling variant of Hermes; in Italian, Ermes is the name of the Greek god himself, according to Wiktionary.

About the name Hermes

Hermes comes from the ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), the name of the messenger god of Greek mythology, and Wiktionary gives the origin and meaning of that name as unknown. Behind the Name points to the Greek word ἕρμα (herma), 'heap of stones, boundary marker', as a possibility, and also allows for an origin older than Greek. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,177 people named Hermes, with a median age of 55. Proportionally, the two spellings in the group, Hermes and Ermes, are most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Other spellings of Hermes

Spelling	People (2022)
Hermes	11,177
Ermes	1,711

Sources

Wiktionary: Hermes (Portuguese) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Hermes · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Ermes (Italian) · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Hermes · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Ermes

What does the name Ermes mean?

The meaning of Ermes 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 Ermes in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,711 people with the first name Ermes, which ranks it number 5,705 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Ermes is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,700 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Ermes?

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

In which Brazilian state is Ermes most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Ermes (215 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ermes?

Hermes. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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