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Meaning of the nameHitalo

Hitalo is a spelling of the name Ítalo, which means “from Latin Italus, 'of Italy', the name of a legendary king”.

Meaning

“from Latin Italus, 'of Italy', the name of a legendary king”

Meaning of the name Ítalo, of which Hitalo is a spelling.

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Italo · Behind the Name: Italus

People (2022)
2,977
Rank in Brazil
#3,921
Median age
16 years
2010 Census
1,788
people

Hitalo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Hitalo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (980 people).

24 women 2,953 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 Hitalo is most common

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

  1. Maranhão 0.004%
  2. Goiás 0.003%
  3. Piauí 0.003%
  4. Pará 0.003%
  5. Pernambuco 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais3410.002%
Maranhão2930.004%
São Paulo2740.001%
Pará2530.003%
Goiás2290.003%
Pernambuco1920.002%
Bahia1590.001%
Rio de Janeiro1280.001%
Ceará1120.001%
Piauí1040.003%
Mato Grosso900.003%
Paraíba880.002%
Amazonas860.002%
Tocantins790.005%
Paraná770.001%
Distrito Federal700.003%
Rondônia610.004%
Rio Grande do Norte520.002%
Espírito Santo490.001%
Alagoas390.001%
Rio Grande do Sul370.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul370.001%
Roraima290.005%
Amapá280.004%
Santa Catarina270.000%
Sergipe230.001%
Acre200.002%

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

The spelling Hitalo

With an initial H, which is not pronounced; Wiktionary records the close spelling Hytalo as an alternative form of Ítalo.

About the name Ítalo

Ítalo is a learned borrowing from the Latin Italus, according to Wiktionary, which gives Ítala as the feminine. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado, explains Italus as the name of an ancient king who, according to a legend told in Virgil's Aeneid, would have given his name to Italy; Behind the Name gives Italus as 'of Italy' in Latin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 134,187 people named Ítalo, with a median age of 16. Proportionally, the name is most common in Maranhão.

Other spellings of Ítalo

SpellingPeople (2022)
Ítalo134,187
Ytalo5,026
Hitalo2,977
Itallo2,840

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Ítalo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Italo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Italus · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Italo · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Hitalo

What does the name Hitalo mean?

Hitalo means “from Latin Italus, 'of Italy', the name of a legendary king”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Ítalo, of which Hitalo is a spelling.

How many people are named Hitalo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,977 people with the first name Hitalo, which ranks it number 3,921 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Hitalo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 24 women and 2,953 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Hitalo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Hitalo most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.004% of the state's population is named Hitalo (293 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Hitalo?

Ítalo, Ytalo and Itallo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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