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Meaning of the nameHércules

Hércules is a male name of Greek origin, the Latin and Portuguese form of the name of the mythological hero Heracles, which means 'glory of Hera'.

Meaning

“glory of Hera”

Source: Behind the Name: Heracles

People (2022)
10,962
Rank in Brazil
#1,602
Median age
30 years
2010 Census
10,318
people

Hércules in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Hércules, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (2,651 people).

54 women 10,908 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 Hércules is most common

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

  1. Espírito Santo 0.012%
  2. Bahia 0.009%
  3. Rondônia 0.009%
  4. Distrito Federal 0.009%
  5. Tocantins 0.008%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2,0030.005%
Minas Gerais1,5680.008%
Bahia1,3090.009%
Rio de Janeiro8760.006%
Pernambuco4880.005%
Espírito Santo4420.012%
Ceará3870.004%
Goiás3640.005%
Paraná3360.003%
Pará2990.004%
Paraíba2860.007%
Amazonas2510.006%
Distrito Federal2410.009%
Rio Grande do Norte2380.007%
Maranhão2180.003%
Piauí2100.006%
Mato Grosso2040.006%
Rio Grande do Sul2020.002%
Santa Catarina1810.002%
Sergipe1510.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul1490.005%
Rondônia1390.009%
Alagoas1290.004%
Tocantins1240.008%
Acre860.010%
Roraima610.010%
Amapá200.003%

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

About the name Hércules

According to Wiktionary, Hércules is a learned borrowing from Latin Herculēs, which comes from Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês); Behind the Name adds that the Latin form came from Etruscan Hercle. Heracles is the name of the hero of Greek and Roman mythology, and Behind the Name explains it as 'glory of Hera', from the name of the goddess Hera and Greek kleos, 'glory'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,962 people named Hércules, with a median age of 30. Proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Ercules and Ercoles as spelling variants.

The form with the accent and initial H, the most common spelling in the group and the one recorded in Wiktionary.

Other spellings of Hércules

SpellingPeople (2022)
Hércules10,962
Ercules906

Sources

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

Questions about the name Hércules

What does the name Hércules mean?

Hércules means “glory of Hera”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Hércules in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,962 people with the first name Hércules, which ranks it number 1,602 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Hércules a boy's or a girl's name?

Hércules is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 54 women and 10,908 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Hércules?

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

In which Brazilian state is Hércules most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.012% of the state's population is named Hércules (442 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Hércules?

Ercules. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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