Meaning of the nameEuzébio

Euzébio is a masculine name of Greek origin meaning, roughly, 'pious', written here with Z instead of the S of Eusébio.

Meaning

“pious”

People (2022): 3,374
Rank in Brazil: #3,582
Median age: 55 years
2010 Census: 3,984; people

Euzébio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Euzébio, 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 (752 people).

0 women 3,365 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 Euzébio is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	513	0.001%
Minas Gerais	394	0.002%
Bahia	246	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	242	0.002%
Maranhão	234	0.004%
Paraná	219	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	209	0.001%
Santa Catarina	155	0.002%
Goiás	123	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	122	0.004%
Mato Grosso	120	0.003%
Espírito Santo	115	0.003%
Pará	112	0.001%
Amazonas	75	0.002%
Pernambuco	64	0.001%
Ceará	55	0.001%
Paraíba	55	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	48	0.002%
Distrito Federal	48	0.002%
Tocantins	45	0.003%
Piauí	44	0.001%
Alagoas	33	0.001%
Rondônia	31	0.002%
Acre	25	0.003%
Sergipe	23	0.001%

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

About the name Euzébio

Wiktionary gives Eusébio as a learned borrowing from the Latin Eusebius, coming from the Greek Εὐσέβιος, from εὐσεβής, meaning roughly 'pious', and gives the Brazilian pronunciation with a Z sound. Behind the Name gives Eusebio as the Spanish and Italian form of the same name, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Eusebio as a spelling variant of Euzebio. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,374 people named Euzebio, almost always men, and most were born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Euzébio

What does the name Euzébio mean?

Euzébio means “pious”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Euzébio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,374 people with the first name Euzébio, which ranks it number 3,582 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Euzébio a boy's or a girl's name?

Euzébio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,365 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Euzébio?

Euzébio is a name of Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Euzébio most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.004% of the state's population is named Euzébio (122 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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