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Meaning of the nameHeriberto

Heriberto is a spelling of the name Eriberto, which means “bright army”.

Meaning

“bright army”

Meaning of the name Eriberto, of which Heriberto is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Herbert · Behind the Name: Heriberto

People (2022)
1,280
Rank in Brazil
#7,011
Median age
50 years
2010 Census
1,180
people

Heriberto in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Heriberto, 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 (299 people).

0 women 1,279 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 Heriberto is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Norte 0.008%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.003%
  3. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Norte2620.008%
Santa Catarina1870.003%
São Paulo1650.000%
Paraíba780.002%
Pernambuco690.001%
Minas Gerais630.000%
Paraná610.001%
Rio de Janeiro520.000%
Ceará500.001%
Pará490.001%
Rio Grande do Sul470.000%
Goiás250.000%
Amazonas250.001%
Maranhão230.000%
Bahia180.000%

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

The spelling Heriberto

It keeps the initial H; Behind the Name gives it as the Spanish and Portuguese form of Herbert, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil also records the Portuguese variant Herberto.

About the name Eriberto

Behind the Name explains Herbert as a Germanic name from heri, 'army', and beraht, 'bright', and gives Heriberto as the Portuguese and Spanish form. Wiktionary records Eriberto as an Italian male name equivalent to Herbert, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Eriberto as a spelling variant of Heriberto. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,861 people named Eriberto, with a median age of 44. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Norte, and Heriberto, with an H, is the other spelling in the group.

Other spellings of Eriberto

SpellingPeople (2022)
Eriberto3,861
Heriberto1,280

Sources

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

Questions about the name Heriberto

What does the name Heriberto mean?

Heriberto means “bright army”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Eriberto, of which Heriberto is a spelling.

How many people are named Heriberto in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,280 people with the first name Heriberto, which ranks it number 7,011 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Heriberto is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,279 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Heriberto?

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

In which Brazilian state is Heriberto most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.008% of the state's population is named Heriberto (262 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Heriberto?

Eriberto. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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