Meaning of the nameFlávia

Female
Latin origin
Flá-vi-a

Flávia is a female name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Flávio, a Roman family name linked to flavus, 'yellow' or 'blond'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Flávio, a Roman family name linked to flavus, 'yellow, golden, blond'”

Source: Behind the Name: Flavia · Behind the Name: Flavius · Wiktionary: Flavius

People (2022): 231,214
Rank in Brazil: #135
Median age: 35 years
2010 Census: 233,904; people

Flávia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Flávia, 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 (73,900 people).

230,003 women 1,211 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 Flávia is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	56,590	0.127%
Minas Gerais	30,918	0.151%
Rio de Janeiro	27,239	0.170%
Bahia	13,219	0.094%
Paraná	11,583	0.101%
Pernambuco	11,087	0.122%
Rio Grande do Sul	9,280	0.085%
Goiás	8,331	0.118%
Pará	8,044	0.099%
Santa Catarina	6,799	0.089%
Maranhão	5,492	0.081%
Ceará	4,794	0.055%
Espírito Santo	4,785	0.125%
Distrito Federal	3,967	0.141%
Amazonas	3,723	0.095%
Paraíba	3,680	0.093%
Rio Grande do Norte	3,394	0.103%
Mato Grosso	3,277	0.090%
Alagoas	3,221	0.103%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,764	0.100%
Sergipe	2,755	0.125%
Piauí	2,194	0.067%
Rondônia	1,178	0.075%
Tocantins	1,168	0.077%
Amapá	851	0.116%
Acre	463	0.056%
Roraima	418	0.066%

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

About the name Flávia

Flávia is the feminine form of Flavius, according to Behind the Name, which describes Flavius as a Roman family name derived from the Latin flavus, 'yellow, golden, blond'. Wiktionary presents this derivation with caution: Flavius would possibly come from flavus + -ius. In Portuguese, Wiktionary records Flávio as the masculine form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 231,214 people named Flávia, with a median age of 35. The name is almost always female, grew among people born from the 1970s onward, peaked among those born in the 1980s and, proportionally, is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Sources

Behind the Name: Flavia · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Flavius · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Flavius · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Flávia · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Flávia

What does the name Flávia mean?

Flávia means “feminine form of Flávio, a Roman family name linked to flavus, 'yellow, golden, blond'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Flávia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 231,214 people with the first name Flávia, which ranks it number 135 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Flávia a boy's or a girl's name?

Flávia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 230,003 women and 1,211 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Flávia?

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

In which Brazilian state is Flávia most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.170% of the state's population is named Flávia (27,239 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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