Meaning of the nameIdemar
- Male
- I-de-mar
Idemar is a Brazilian male name ending in -mar, an element that the Morfemário attributes to three possible origins; the meaning of the name is not known.
Meaning
The meaning of Idemar is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 1,545
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,126
- Median age
- 54 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,763
- people
Idemar in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Idemar, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (412 people).
34 women 1,511 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 Idemar is most common
States with the highest share of people named Idemar in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
- Santa Catarina 0.003%
- Paraná 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande do Sul | 394 | 0.004% |
| Santa Catarina | 215 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 185 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 138 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 68 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 65 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 61 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 57 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 54 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 43 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 41 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 31 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 31 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 29 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 25 | 0.000% |
| Rondônia | 18 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Idemar
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) indicates three possible sources for -mar: the Germanic mar ('glory, fame, brilliant person'), a fragment of Maria, or the Portuguese word mar, 'sea'. Which of them applies to Idemar is not known, and the beginning Ide- has no documented derivation. The name is almost always male, with the largest number of people born in the 1960s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,545 people named Idemar, with a median age of 54.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-MAR) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Idemar
What does the name Idemar mean?
The meaning of Idemar is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Idemar in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,545 people with the first name Idemar, which ranks it number 6,126 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Idemar a boy's or a girl's name?
Idemar is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 34 women and 1,511 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Idemar most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.004% of the state's population is named Idemar (394 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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