Meaning of the nameHerculano

Male
Latin origin
Her-cu-la-no

Herculano is a traditional male name, from Latin Herculanus, also written without the initial H, as Erculano; the meaning of the name as a given name is not known for certain.

Meaning

The meaning of Herculano is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 2,682
Rank in Brazil: #4,198
Median age: 59 years
2010 Census: 3,244; people

Herculano in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Herculano, 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 (527 people).

0 women 2,675 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 Herculano is most common

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

Minas Gerais 0.002%
Bahia 0.002%
Pará 0.002%
Goiás 0.002%
Ceará 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	445	0.001%
Minas Gerais	420	0.002%
Bahia	289	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	158	0.001%
Ceará	127	0.001%
Paraná	126	0.001%
Pará	121	0.002%
Goiás	109	0.002%
Maranhão	92	0.001%
Pernambuco	88	0.001%
Piauí	87	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	83	0.001%
Santa Catarina	79	0.001%
Amazonas	77	0.002%
Paraíba	67	0.002%
Distrito Federal	57	0.002%
Mato Grosso	46	0.001%
Tocantins	42	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	41	0.001%
Espírito Santo	36	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	35	0.001%

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

About the name Herculano

Herculano comes from Latin Herculanus, according to the Portuguese Wiktionary, which records it as a male given name. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists it among the traditional names with the ending -ano, from Latin -anu, 'originating from, belonging to'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,682 people named Herculano, with a median age of 59. Proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais. The Dictionary records Erculano as a spelling variant.

It is the traditional spelling and the most recorded in the group, with a silent initial H.

Other spellings of Herculano

Spelling	People (2022)
Herculano	2,682
Erculano	673

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vilmara · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vilmar · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Wikcionário: Herculano · pt.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Herculano

What does the name Herculano mean?

The meaning of Herculano is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Herculano in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,682 people with the first name Herculano, which ranks it number 4,198 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Herculano is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,675 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Herculano?

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

In which Brazilian state is Herculano most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.002% of the state's population is named Herculano (420 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Herculano?

Erculano. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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