Meaning of the nameEurípedes

Male
Greek origin
Eu-rí-pe-des

Eurípedes is a male name of Greek origin, the Portuguese form of Eurípides, formed from Euripos, the name of a strait, and the patronymic suffix -ides.

Meaning

“from Greek Euripos, the name of the strait between Euboea and Boeotia, with the patronymic suffix -ides”

Source: Behind the Name: Euripides

People (2022): 12,726
Rank in Brazil: #1,443
Median age: 63 years
2010 Census: 16,986; people

Eurípedes in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Eurípedes, 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 (4,002 people).

976 women 11,750 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 Eurípedes is most common

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

Goiás 0.065%
Minas Gerais 0.016%
Tocantins 0.013%
Distrito Federal 0.010%
Mato Grosso 0.009%

All states

State	People	% of population
Goiás	4,595	0.065%
Minas Gerais	3,322	0.016%
São Paulo	2,991	0.007%
Mato Grosso	341	0.009%
Distrito Federal	268	0.010%
Tocantins	191	0.013%
Bahia	174	0.001%
Paraná	149	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	104	0.004%
Piauí	100	0.003%
Pará	95	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	72	0.000%
Maranhão	62	0.001%
Pernambuco	40	0.000%
Santa Catarina	33	0.000%
Rio Grande do Sul	26	0.000%
Rondônia	24	0.002%
Espírito Santo	23	0.001%
Ceará	21	0.000%
Rio Grande do Norte	21	0.001%
Amazonas	20	0.001%
Paraíba	19	0.001%
Sergipe	15	0.001%

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

About the name Eurípedes

According to Behind the Name, Eurípides comes from Greek Euripos, the strait between Euboea and Boeotia, plus the patronymic suffix -ides, and Eurípedes is the Portuguese form of the name. Wiktionary gives the same formation for Greek Euripídēs: Eúripos plus -ídēs. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Euripedez as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,726 people named Eurípedes, with a median age of 63. Proportionally, the name is most common in Goiás.

Sources

Behind the Name: Euripides · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Εὐριπίδης · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Euripedes · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Eurípedes

What does the name Eurípedes mean?

Eurípedes means “from Greek Euripos, the name of the strait between Euboea and Boeotia, with the patronymic suffix -ides”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Eurípedes in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,726 people with the first name Eurípedes, which ranks it number 1,443 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Eurípedes is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 976 women and 11,750 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Eurípedes?

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

In which Brazilian state is Eurípedes most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.065% of the state's population is named Eurípedes (4,595 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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