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Meaning of the nameHermano

Hermano is a male name of Germanic origin, the Portuguese form of Hermann, meaning 'army man'.

Meaning

“army man”

Source: Wiktionary: Hermann · Behind the Name: Herman

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People (2022)
2,239
Rank in Brazil
#4,739
Median age
47 years
2010 Census
2,458
people

Hermano in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Hermano, 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 (477 people).

0 women 2,239 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 Hermano is most common

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

  1. Paraíba 0.005%
  2. Ceará 0.004%
  3. Bahia 0.002%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  5. Pernambuco 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3180.001%
Ceará3050.004%
Minas Gerais2830.001%
Bahia2500.002%
Paraíba2130.005%
Rio de Janeiro1460.001%
Pernambuco1220.001%
Goiás580.001%
Piauí570.002%
Distrito Federal550.002%
Pará520.001%
Paraná490.000%
Maranhão460.001%
Rio Grande do Norte440.001%
Alagoas340.001%
Santa Catarina300.000%
Amazonas290.001%
Espírito Santo280.001%
Rio Grande do Sul220.000%
Sergipe220.001%
Mato Grosso200.001%
Tocantins190.001%

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

About the name Hermano

Wiktionary lists Hermano in Portuguese as a male name taken from the German Hermann, equivalent to the English Herman. Behind the Name explains Herman as the union of the Germanic elements heri ('army') and man ('man'). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,239 people named Hermano and 805 named Ermano, with a median age of 47 in the first case. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Ermano as a spelling variant of Hermano, and Wiktionary gives it as an alternative form.

Keeps the initial H of the German form; it is the most common spelling in the group.

Other spellings of Hermano

SpellingPeople (2022)
Hermano2,239
Ermano805

Sources

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

Questions about the name Hermano

What does the name Hermano mean?

Hermano means “army man”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Hermano in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,239 people with the first name Hermano, which ranks it number 4,739 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Hermano is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,239 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Hermano?

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

In which Brazilian state is Hermano most common?

Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.005% of the state's population is named Hermano (213 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Hermano?

Ermano. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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