Meaning of the nameItamar

Itamar is a biblical masculine name, the Hebrew form of Ithamar, which Behind the Name explains as 'island of date palms'.

Meaning

“'island of date palms', according to Behind the Name; 'region of palm trees', with doubt, according to Machado”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Itamar · Behind the Name: Ithamar

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People (2022): 38,406
Rank in Brazil: #690
Median age: 49 years
2010 Census: 44,580; people

Itamar in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Itamar, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (9,955 people).

1,371 women 37,035 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 Itamar is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	6,057	0.030%
São Paulo	5,993	0.014%
Bahia	3,207	0.023%
Rio Grande do Sul	3,120	0.029%
Rio de Janeiro	2,324	0.015%
Goiás	2,299	0.033%
Santa Catarina	2,258	0.030%
Paraná	1,869	0.016%
Maranhão	1,280	0.019%
Pernambuco	1,262	0.014%
Pará	1,131	0.014%
Ceará	1,022	0.012%
Espírito Santo	941	0.025%
Mato Grosso	858	0.024%
Amazonas	572	0.015%
Distrito Federal	520	0.019%
Rio Grande do Norte	516	0.016%
Paraíba	506	0.013%
Mato Grosso do Sul	491	0.018%
Alagoas	438	0.014%
Piauí	423	0.013%
Tocantins	366	0.024%
Rondônia	358	0.023%
Sergipe	297	0.013%
Roraima	123	0.019%
Acre	104	0.013%
Amapá	71	0.010%

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

About the name Itamar

Behind the Name gives Itamar as the Hebrew form of Ithamar, the name of a son of Aaron in the Old Testament, formed from ʾi, 'island', and tamar, 'date palm'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Machado: from Hebrew Ithamar, through biblical Latin, with the reading 'region of palm trees' marked with a question mark. The same dictionary records Hitamar, Ithamar and Ytamar as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 38,406 people named Itamar, with a median age of 49; the name is almost always male and, proportionally, it is most common in Goiás.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Itamar · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Behind the Name: Ithamar · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Itamar · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Itamar

What does the name Itamar mean?

Itamar means “'island of date palms', according to Behind the Name; 'region of palm trees', with doubt, according to Machado”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Itamar in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 38,406 people with the first name Itamar, which ranks it number 690 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Itamar is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,371 women and 37,035 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Itamar?

Itamar is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Itamar most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.033% of the state's population is named Itamar (2,299 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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