Meaning of the nameFábio

Male
Latin origin
Fá-bi-o

Fábio is a male name of Latin origin, from the Roman family name Fabius, which Wiktionary links to faba, 'bean'.

Meaning

“from Fabius, a Roman family name linked to faba, 'bean'”

Source: Wiktionary: Fabius · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Fabio

People (2022): 499,773
Rank in Brazil: #40
Median age: 39 years
2010 Census: 547,965; people

Fábio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Fábio, 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 (207,838 people).

1,908 women 497,865 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 Fábio is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	138,009	0.311%
Rio de Janeiro	51,897	0.323%
Minas Gerais	47,106	0.229%
Bahia	32,381	0.229%
Paraná	28,409	0.248%
Rio Grande do Sul	25,181	0.231%
Pernambuco	21,387	0.236%
Santa Catarina	18,071	0.238%
Pará	17,249	0.212%
Goiás	16,331	0.231%
Ceará	11,537	0.131%
Maranhão	11,207	0.165%
Espírito Santo	10,689	0.279%
Paraíba	8,664	0.218%
Mato Grosso	8,032	0.220%
Amazonas	7,089	0.180%
Mato Grosso do Sul	6,924	0.251%
Distrito Federal	6,878	0.244%
Rio Grande do Norte	6,606	0.200%
Alagoas	6,115	0.196%
Sergipe	5,224	0.236%
Piauí	4,831	0.148%
Rondônia	3,486	0.221%
Tocantins	2,687	0.178%
Amapá	1,587	0.216%
Acre	1,211	0.146%
Roraima	985	0.155%

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

About the name Fábio

Wiktionary derives Fábio from Latin Fabius, the name of a Roman gens formed from faba ('bean') plus the suffix -ius. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) says the name probably derives from faba, that the Portuguese form seems learned, and that the Church celebrates two saints with this name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 499,773 people named Fábio, the largest group born in the 1980s.

Sources

Wiktionary: Fábio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Fabius · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Fabio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning

Questions about the name Fábio

What does the name Fábio mean?

Fábio means “from Fabius, a Roman family name linked to faba, 'bean'”, according to Wiktionary and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Fábio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 499,773 people with the first name Fábio, which ranks it number 40 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Fábio a boy's or a girl's name?

Fábio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,908 women and 497,865 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Fábio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Fábio most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.323% of the state's population is named Fábio (51,897 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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