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Meaning of the nameHomero

Homero is the Portuguese form of Homer, a name of Greek origin (Hómēros) that Behind the Name relates to the words for 'hostage' and 'pledge'.

Meaning

“hostage, pledge”

Source: Behind the Name: Homer · Wiktionary: Ὅμηρος

People (2022)
4,874
Rank in Brazil
#2,780
Median age
58 years
2010 Census
6,163
people

Homero in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Homero, 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 (1,087 people).

0 women 4,864 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 Homero is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.007%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.004%
  3. São Paulo 0.003%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
  5. Paraná 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,2980.003%
Minas Gerais8540.004%
Rio Grande do Sul7210.007%
Rio de Janeiro4420.003%
Paraná2630.002%
Santa Catarina1590.002%
Bahia1540.001%
Pernambuco1170.001%
Goiás1110.002%
Amazonas950.002%
Espírito Santo900.002%
Distrito Federal760.003%
Piauí620.002%
Ceará600.001%
Mato Grosso560.002%
Pará550.001%
Paraíba500.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul470.002%
Rio Grande do Norte420.001%
Maranhão290.000%
Rondônia210.001%
Alagoas170.001%
Roraima170.003%

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

About the name Homero

Homero is a learned borrowing from the Latin Homērus, which in turn comes from the Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros), as Wiktionary records, which links it to the Greek word for "hostage" with a caveat (apparently, perhaps from a nickname). Behind the Name gives the Greek name the sense of "hostage" or "pledge." Omero, without the initial H, is the Italian form of the name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,874 people named Homero, with a median age of 58. The peak was among those born in the 1950s.

Keeps the initial H inherited from the Latin Homerus and is the most common spelling in the group.

Other spellings of Homero

SpellingPeople (2022)
Homero4,874
Omero1,032

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Homero · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Homer · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Omero · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
  4. Wiktionary: Ὅμηρος · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

Questions about the name Homero

What does the name Homero mean?

Homero means “hostage, pledge”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Homero in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,874 people with the first name Homero, which ranks it number 2,780 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Homero is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 4,864 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Homero?

Homero is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Homero most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.007% of the state's population is named Homero (721 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Homero?

Omero. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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