Meaning of the nameHeber

Heber is a male name of Hebrew origin, a biblical variant of Eber, which Behind the Name translates as 'region beyond'.

Meaning

“region beyond (from Hebrew, 'to pass, to cross over')”

People (2022): 5,408
Rank in Brazil: #2,601
Median age: 39 years
2010 Census: 5,335; people

Heber in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Heber, 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 (1,948 people).

95 women 5,313 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 Heber is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,405	0.003%
Minas Gerais	828	0.004%
Paraná	442	0.004%
Goiás	393	0.006%
Rio de Janeiro	362	0.002%
Bahia	264	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	236	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	176	0.006%
Mato Grosso	175	0.005%
Espírito Santo	148	0.004%
Pará	141	0.002%
Santa Catarina	123	0.002%
Amazonas	122	0.003%
Distrito Federal	121	0.004%
Pernambuco	95	0.001%
Rondônia	69	0.004%
Ceará	63	0.001%
Paraíba	39	0.001%
Tocantins	39	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	37	0.001%
Maranhão	28	0.000%
Piauí	23	0.001%
Roraima	21	0.003%
Sergipe	18	0.001%
Alagoas	17	0.001%

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

About the name Heber

Heber and Eber are forms of the biblical name of a descendant of Shem, from Hebrew ʿĒḇer, linked to the verb meaning 'to pass, to cross over'. Behind the Name gives Eber the meaning 'region beyond' and describes Heber as the form of Eber used in some versions of the New Testament, in the genealogy in the Gospel of Luke. The same site also lists another biblical Heber, meaning 'companion', and a Heber from Irish mythology, an anglicized form of Éibhear, which shows that the spelling brings together names of different origins. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,408 people named Heber, with a median age of 39.

It is the most common spelling in the group; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Eber as its spelling variant.

Other spellings of Heber

Spelling	People (2022)
Heber	5,408
Eber	4,562

Sources

Behind the Name: Eber · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Heber 3 · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Heber 2 · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Heber · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Eber · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Heber 1 · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Heber · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Heber

What does the name Heber mean?

Heber means “region beyond (from Hebrew, 'to pass, to cross over')”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Heber in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,408 people with the first name Heber, which ranks it number 2,601 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Heber is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 95 women and 5,313 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Heber?

Heber is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Heber most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.006% of the state's population is named Heber (176 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Heber?

Eber. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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