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Meaning of the nameFábia

Fábia is a female name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Fábio, a Roman family name linked to the Latin faba, 'bean, broad bean'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Fábio, a Roman family name linked to the Latin faba, 'bean, broad bean'”

Source: Behind the Name: Fabia · Behind the Name: Fabius

People (2022)
17,520
Rank in Brazil
#1,157
Median age
39 years
2010 Census
18,250
people

Fábia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Fábia, 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 (6,089 people).

17,238 women 282 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 Fábia is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Norte 0.018%
  2. Alagoas 0.016%
  3. Pernambuco 0.016%
  4. Paraíba 0.013%
  5. Ceará 0.012%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3,4710.008%
Rio de Janeiro1,5440.010%
Bahia1,5090.011%
Pernambuco1,4350.016%
Minas Gerais1,4170.007%
Ceará1,0370.012%
Goiás6700.010%
Pará6310.008%
Maranhão5890.009%
Rio Grande do Norte5780.018%
Paraná5350.005%
Paraíba5220.013%
Alagoas5020.016%
Rio Grande do Sul4700.004%
Santa Catarina4290.006%
Espírito Santo3530.009%
Amazonas2780.007%
Sergipe2530.011%
Distrito Federal2500.009%
Piauí2430.007%
Mato Grosso2290.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul2150.008%
Tocantins1220.008%
Rondônia1070.007%
Acre650.008%
Amapá400.006%
Roraima260.004%

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

About the name Fábia

Wiktionary records Fábia as a female name coming from Latin and Fábio as its masculine counterpart, from the Roman family name Fabius, which goes back to the Latin faba, 'bean, broad bean'. Behind the Name defines Fabia as the feminine form of Fabius and, in the entry for Fabius, gives faba as the root. The meaning therefore applies to the base name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 17,520 people named Fábia, with a median age of 39.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Fábia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Fábio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Fabia · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Fabius · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Fábia

What does the name Fábia mean?

Fábia means “feminine form of Fábio, a Roman family name linked to the Latin faba, 'bean, broad bean'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Fábia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 17,520 people with the first name Fábia, which ranks it number 1,157 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Fábia a boy's or a girl's name?

Fábia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 17,238 women and 282 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Fábia?

Fábia is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Fábia most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.018% of the state's population is named Fábia (578 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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