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Meaning of the nameEzequias

Ezequias is a male name of Hebrew origin, the Portuguese form of the name of the biblical king Ḥizqiyahu, which means 'Yahweh strengthens'.

Meaning

“Yahweh strengthens”

Source: Behind the Name: Hezekiah · Wiktionary: Hezekiah

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People (2022)
15,805
Rank in Brazil
#1,248
Median age
32 years
2010 Census
14,547
people

Ezequias in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ezequias, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (2,846 people).

92 women 15,713 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 Ezequias is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.021%
  2. Amazonas 0.021%
  3. Maranhão 0.019%
  4. Roraima 0.018%
  5. Acre 0.017%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2,2870.005%
Pará1,7270.021%
Maranhão1,2580.019%
Bahia1,1980.009%
Pernambuco1,0700.012%
Minas Gerais9550.005%
Rio de Janeiro8260.005%
Amazonas8110.021%
Paraná8070.007%
Ceará5490.006%
Goiás4770.007%
Espírito Santo4410.012%
Rio Grande do Sul3900.004%
Piauí3710.011%
Mato Grosso3500.010%
Santa Catarina3450.005%
Rondônia2660.017%
Paraíba2630.007%
Alagoas2170.007%
Rio Grande do Norte2050.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul1780.007%
Distrito Federal1570.006%
Tocantins1560.010%
Acre1440.017%
Amapá1220.017%
Sergipe1190.005%
Roraima1160.018%

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

About the name Ezequias

Ezequias is the Portuguese name of the king of Judah whom the Old Testament calls, in Hebrew, Ḥizqiyahu. Behind the Name explains this name as 'Yahweh strengthens', from ḥazaq, 'to strengthen', and yah, a reference to the Hebrew God; Wiktionary, in its English entry Hezekiah, translates the Hebrew as 'Yahu is my strength'. In the Latin Bible the name appears as Ezechias, and in Greek as Ezekias. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 15,805 people named Ezequias, with a median age of 32; proportionally, the name is most common in Pará.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Hezekiah · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Hezekiah · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wikcionário: Ezequias · pt.wiktionary.org · usage
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ezequias · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Ezequias

What does the name Ezequias mean?

Ezequias means “Yahweh strengthens”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Ezequias in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 15,805 people with the first name Ezequias, which ranks it number 1,248 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Ezequias is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 92 women and 15,713 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ezequias?

Ezequias is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ezequias most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.021% of the state's population is named Ezequias (1,727 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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