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Meaning of the nameIracy

Iracy is a spelling of the name Iraci, which means “from eíra, 'bee, honey', and sy, 'mother'”.

Meaning

“from eíra, 'bee, honey', and sy, 'mother'”

Meaning of the name Iraci, of which Iracy is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Iraci · Behind the Name: Iraci

More names that mean nature

People (2022)
7,362
Rank in Brazil
#2,101
Median age
66 years
2010 Census
5,962
people

Iracy in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Iracy, 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 (1,868 people).

7,069 women 293 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 Iracy is most common

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

  1. Tocantins 0.009%
  2. Bahia 0.007%
  3. Goiás 0.006%
  4. Maranhão 0.006%
  5. Amazonas 0.006%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,3840.003%
Bahia9560.007%
Minas Gerais7450.004%
Rio de Janeiro7100.004%
Goiás4130.006%
Maranhão3940.006%
Pará2950.004%
Paraná2890.003%
Amazonas2280.006%
Pernambuco2200.002%
Espírito Santo2150.006%
Rio Grande do Sul2090.002%
Santa Catarina1820.002%
Mato Grosso1540.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul1380.005%
Tocantins1370.009%
Paraíba1290.003%
Ceará1070.001%
Distrito Federal1010.004%
Piauí680.002%
Alagoas660.002%
Rondônia570.004%
Rio Grande do Norte480.002%
Sergipe480.002%
Amapá330.005%
Roraima210.003%
Acre150.002%

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

The spelling Iracy

Replaces the final I with Y. Wiktionary lists Iracy as an alternative form of Iraci, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it among the spelling variants.

About the name Iraci

Wiktionary derives Iraci from Old Tupi eíra, 'bee, honey', and sy, 'mother', citing Navarro's Old Tupi dictionary (p. 570), which treats the name as a doublet of Araci. Behind the Name gives the same composition, with 'honey' and 'mother'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 71,097 people named Iraci, with a median age of 64. Wiktionary classifies it as a unisex name; in the census, it is mostly female and, proportionally, most common in Bahia.

Other spellings of Iraci

SpellingPeople (2022)
Iraci71,097
Iracy7,362

Sources

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

Questions about the name Iracy

What does the name Iracy mean?

Iracy means “from eíra, 'bee, honey', and sy, 'mother'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Iraci, of which Iracy is a spelling.

How many people are named Iracy in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,362 people with the first name Iracy, which ranks it number 2,101 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Iracy is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,069 women and 293 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Iracy?

Iracy is a name of Tupi origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Iracy most common?

Proportionally, in Tocantins: 0.009% of the state's population is named Iracy (137 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Iracy?

Iraci. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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