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Meaning of the nameFrancelino

Francelino is a masculine name, a diminutive of Francélio, a poetic name that Nascentes (1952) describes as formed from Francisco, of Germanic origin, 'frank'.

Meaning

“diminutive of Francélio, a poetic name formed from Francisco (from Germanic frank, 'frank')”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Francelino · Wiktionary: Francisco

People (2022)
2,360
Rank in Brazil
#4,573
Median age
52 years
2010 Census
2,810
people

Francelino in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Francelino, 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 (482 people).

0 women 2,346 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 Francelino is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.003%
  2. Pará 0.002%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.002%
  4. Bahia 0.001%
  5. Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3990.001%
Minas Gerais3150.002%
Bahia1780.001%
Pará1670.002%
Rio Grande do Sul1300.001%
Rio de Janeiro1160.001%
Amazonas1120.003%
Ceará980.001%
Paraná970.001%
Goiás870.001%
Piauí800.002%
Mato Grosso690.002%
Pernambuco670.001%
Santa Catarina620.001%
Maranhão590.001%
Espírito Santo470.001%
Paraíba410.001%
Rio Grande do Norte410.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul350.001%
Distrito Federal340.001%
Rondônia300.002%
Roraima190.003%
Alagoas180.001%
Tocantins180.001%
Acre180.002%

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

About the name Francelino

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Francelino as a diminutive of Francélio, which it cites from Nascentes (1952) as a poetic name, formed from Francisco with the suffix -isco replaced by -elio. The Morfemário derives the element Franc- from the Germanic frank, 'frank', and Wiktionary derives Francisco from Latin Franciscus, from Francia + -iscus. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,360 people named Francelino, almost always male, with a median age of 52.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Francelino · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Francisco · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

Questions about the name Francelino

What does the name Francelino mean?

Francelino means “diminutive of Francélio, a poetic name formed from Francisco (from Germanic frank, 'frank')”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Francelino in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,360 people with the first name Francelino, which ranks it number 4,573 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Francelino is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,346 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Francelino?

Francelino is a name of Germanic and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Francelino most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.003% of the state's population is named Francelino (112 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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