Meaning of the nameGláucia

Gláucia is a female name, the feminine form of Gláucio, which comes from the Roman cognomen Glaucia, derived from the Latin glaucus, 'blue-gray'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Gláucio, from the Latin glaucus, 'blue-gray'”

Source: Behind the Name: Gláucia · Behind the Name: Gláucio

People (2022): 44,720
Rank in Brazil: #608
Median age: 40 years
2010 Census: 49,183; people

Gláucia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gláucia, 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 (16,711 people).

44,573 women 147 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 Gláucia is most common

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

Rio de Janeiro 0.040%
Distrito Federal 0.033%
Minas Gerais 0.031%
São Paulo 0.030%
Goiás 0.026%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	13,426	0.030%
Rio de Janeiro	6,403	0.040%
Minas Gerais	6,394	0.031%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,874	0.017%
Goiás	1,836	0.026%
Paraná	1,730	0.015%
Ceará	1,430	0.016%
Bahia	1,363	0.010%
Pernambuco	1,282	0.014%
Santa Catarina	1,141	0.015%
Distrito Federal	940	0.033%
Pará	902	0.011%
Espírito Santo	856	0.022%
Mato Grosso do Sul	717	0.026%
Mato Grosso	697	0.019%
Maranhão	650	0.010%
Paraíba	562	0.014%
Amazonas	542	0.014%
Sergipe	421	0.019%
Alagoas	413	0.013%
Rio Grande do Norte	286	0.009%
Piauí	275	0.008%
Tocantins	197	0.013%
Rondônia	165	0.010%
Amapá	95	0.013%
Acre	68	0.008%
Roraima	55	0.009%

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

About the name Gláucia

Behind the Name gives Gláucia as the feminine form of Gláucio, and Gláucio as the Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Glaucia, derived from the Latin glaucus, 'blue-gray', which in turn comes from Greek. Wiktionary records the Latin adjective glaucus as a borrowing from the Greek glaukós, with color senses such as blue, sea-green and silvery green. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 44,720 people named Gláucia, with a median age of 40. The name is almost always female, most of the people recorded were born in the 1970s and 1980s and, proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Sources

Behind the Name: Gláucia · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Gláucio · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: glaucus · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Gláucia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Gláucia

What does the name Gláucia mean?

Gláucia means “feminine form of Gláucio, from the Latin glaucus, 'blue-gray'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Gláucia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 44,720 people with the first name Gláucia, which ranks it number 608 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Gláucia a boy's or a girl's name?

Gláucia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 44,573 women and 147 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Gláucia?

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

In which Brazilian state is Gláucia most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.040% of the state's population is named Gláucia (6,403 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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