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Meaning of the nameFabrício

Fabrício is a male name of Latin origin, from Fabricius, the name of a Roman family possibly linked to Latin faber, 'craftsman'.

Meaning

“possibly from faber, 'craftsman'”

Source: Wiktionary: Fabricius

People (2022)
165,799
Rank in Brazil
#198
Median age
28 years
2010 Census
167,879
people

Fabrício in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Fabrício, 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 (46,251 people).

935 women 164,864 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 Fabrício is most common

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

  1. Espírito Santo 0.128%
  2. Amapá 0.108%
  3. Amazonas 0.107%
  4. Pará 0.105%
  5. Rio Grande do Sul 0.103%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo33,5760.076%
Minas Gerais20,0710.098%
Rio de Janeiro15,0520.094%
Bahia13,1250.093%
Rio Grande do Sul11,1810.103%
Pará8,4940.105%
Santa Catarina7,3270.096%
Paraná6,9440.061%
Goiás6,4150.091%
Espírito Santo4,8930.128%
Ceará4,6850.053%
Maranhão4,4230.065%
Amazonas4,2040.107%
Pernambuco3,8160.042%
Mato Grosso2,8370.078%
Paraíba2,7250.069%
Distrito Federal2,3180.082%
Piauí2,2620.069%
Alagoas2,0290.065%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,9330.070%
Sergipe1,8240.083%
Rio Grande do Norte1,6740.051%
Rondônia1,2420.079%
Tocantins1,0070.067%
Amapá7920.108%
Acre5110.062%
Roraima4390.069%

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

About the name Fabrício

Wiktionary records Fabrício as a learned borrowing from Latin Fabricius and gives Fabrícia as its feminine. In the Latin entry, Wiktionary treats Fabricius as the name of a plebeian Roman gens, possibly formed from fabr-, 'craftsman', and the suffix -icius; Behind the Name gives Fabricius as the original Latin form of Fabrice. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 165,799 people named Fabrício, almost always men, with a median age of 28; the name grew among people born from the 1970s on and, proportionally, is most common in Espírito Santo.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Fabrício · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Fabricius · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Fabricius · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Fabrício

What does the name Fabrício mean?

Fabrício means “possibly from faber, 'craftsman'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Fabrício in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 165,799 people with the first name Fabrício, which ranks it number 198 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Fabrício a boy's or a girl's name?

Fabrício is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 935 women and 164,864 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Fabrício?

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

In which Brazilian state is Fabrício most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.128% of the state's population is named Fabrício (4,893 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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