Meaning of the nameGuiomar

Guiomar is a female name that Behind the Name possibly links to the Germanic Wigmar, made up of wig, 'war, battle', and mari, 'famous'.

Meaning

“possibly from the Germanic Wigmar, from wig, 'war, battle', and mari, 'famous'”

Source: Behind the Name: Guiomar

People (2022): 14,931
Rank in Brazil: #1,294
Median age: 66 years
2010 Census: 21,505; people

Guiomar in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Guiomar, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (3,387 people).

13,663 women 1,268 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 Guiomar is most common

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

Bahia 0.011%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.010%
São Paulo 0.010%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.009%
Paraná 0.008%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	4,365	0.010%
Bahia	1,500	0.011%
Minas Gerais	1,434	0.007%
Rio de Janeiro	1,044	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	985	0.009%
Paraná	928	0.008%
Goiás	567	0.008%
Santa Catarina	529	0.007%
Pernambuco	459	0.005%
Pará	449	0.006%
Ceará	307	0.004%
Mato Grosso	295	0.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul	285	0.010%
Amazonas	231	0.006%
Espírito Santo	206	0.005%
Distrito Federal	190	0.007%
Paraíba	183	0.005%
Maranhão	163	0.002%
Piauí	162	0.005%
Alagoas	139	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	119	0.004%
Sergipe	103	0.005%
Rondônia	99	0.006%
Tocantins	95	0.006%
Acre	47	0.006%
Amapá	32	0.004%
Roraima	15	0.002%

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

About the name Guiomar

Behind the Name says that Guiomar possibly derives from the Germanic name Wigmar, from wig, 'war, battle', and mari, 'famous'. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) includes Guiomar among the traditional names with the Germanic ending -mar, 'glory, fame'. The name appears in the medieval Arthurian cycle and is now female in Portugal and Spain, according to Behind the Name. In Brazil, it was given most often to people born in the 1940s and 1960s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 14,931 people named Guiomar, with a median age of 66; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

Behind the Name: Guiomar · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Guiomar · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Guiomar

What does the name Guiomar mean?

Guiomar means “possibly from the Germanic Wigmar, from wig, 'war, battle', and mari, 'famous'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Guiomar in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 14,931 people with the first name Guiomar, which ranks it number 1,294 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Guiomar is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 13,663 women and 1,268 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Guiomar?

Guiomar is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Guiomar most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.011% of the state's population is named Guiomar (1,500 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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