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Meaning of the nameGermano

Germano is a male name of Latin origin, the Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Germanus, which Behind the Name translates as 'brother'.

Meaning

“brother (from Latin Germanus)”

Source: Behind the Name: Germanus · Wiktionary: germanus

People (2022)
12,845
Rank in Brazil
#1,432
Median age
47 years
2010 Census
15,532
people

Germano in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Germano, 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 (2,197 people).

54 women 12,791 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 Germano is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.016%
  2. Ceará 0.014%
  3. Paraíba 0.014%
  4. Santa Catarina 0.011%
  5. Piauí 0.009%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,7690.004%
Rio Grande do Sul1,6830.016%
Ceará1,2410.014%
Minas Gerais1,0700.005%
Santa Catarina8230.011%
Paraná8030.007%
Rio de Janeiro7830.005%
Bahia7410.005%
Pernambuco6030.007%
Paraíba5500.014%
Pará4050.005%
Piauí2830.009%
Maranhão2650.004%
Goiás2620.004%
Espírito Santo2460.006%
Amazonas2390.006%
Mato Grosso1850.005%
Distrito Federal1740.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul1660.006%
Rio Grande do Norte1280.004%
Rondônia960.006%
Alagoas850.003%
Tocantins720.005%
Sergipe650.003%
Acre370.005%
Roraima370.006%
Amapá340.005%

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

About the name Germano

Behind the Name presents Germano as the Italian and Portuguese form of Germanus, a Roman cognomen that, according to the same site, means 'brother' in Latin. Wiktionary records Latin germānus as 'of brothers' and, as a noun, 'brother', a word derived from germen, 'sprout', and distinct from the ethnonym Germānus, the name the Romans gave to the Germanic peoples, of uncertain origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,845 people named Germano, with a median age of 47; proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Jermano as a spelling variant.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Germanus · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Germano · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Wiktionary: germanus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: Germanus · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Germano · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Germano

What does the name Germano mean?

Germano means “brother (from Latin Germanus)”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Germano in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,845 people with the first name Germano, which ranks it number 1,432 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Germano is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 54 women and 12,791 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Germano?

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

In which Brazilian state is Germano most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.016% of the state's population is named Germano (1,683 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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