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Meaning of the nameJacy

Jacy is a spelling of the name Jaci, which means “moon”.

Meaning

“moon”

Meaning of the name Jaci, of which Jacy is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Jaci (2) · Wiktionary: îasy (Old Tupi)

People (2022)
4,637
Rank in Brazil
#2,891
Median age
66 years
2010 Census
4,601
people

Jacy in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jacy, 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 (1,052 people).

2,948 women 1,689 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 Jacy is most common

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

  1. Espírito Santo 0.005%
  2. Bahia 0.005%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.004%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.003%
  5. Mato Grosso 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo7240.002%
Minas Gerais6540.003%
Bahia6310.005%
Rio de Janeiro5810.004%
Rio Grande do Sul2200.002%
Goiás1830.003%
Espírito Santo1810.005%
Paraná1740.002%
Pará1740.002%
Pernambuco1480.002%
Santa Catarina1240.002%
Mato Grosso1120.003%
Maranhão1060.002%
Amazonas930.002%
Distrito Federal720.003%
Tocantins680.005%
Alagoas650.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul590.002%
Paraíba520.001%
Sergipe480.002%
Rio Grande do Norte340.001%
Amapá330.005%
Ceará290.000%
Piauí260.001%
Rondônia230.002%
Roraima190.003%

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

The spelling Jacy

The spelling with a final y, which Wiktionary records as an alternative form of Jaci.

About the name Jaci

Behind the Name derives Jaci from Tupi îaçy, 'moon', and Wiktionary records îasy as the Old Tupi word for 'moon', which the Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica writes jaci. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) also links the element Jaci-, from names such as Jacira and Jaciara, probably to Tupi ya'sü, 'moon'. The same dictionary lists Jacy, Jacir, Jacyr and Gaci among the spelling variants of Jaci. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 16,640 people named Jaci, mostly women, with a median age of 63.

Other spellings of Jaci

SpellingPeople (2022)
Jaci16,640
Jacy4,637

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Jaci (2) · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: îasy (Old Tupi) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (JACI-, JACY-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  4. Wiktionary: Jaci · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  5. Wiktionary: Jacy · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
  6. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jaci · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Jacy

What does the name Jacy mean?

Jacy means “moon”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Jaci, of which Jacy is a spelling.

How many people are named Jacy in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,637 people with the first name Jacy, which ranks it number 2,891 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Jacy is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 2,948 women and 1,689 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jacy?

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

In which Brazilian state is Jacy most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.005% of the state's population is named Jacy (181 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jacy?

Jaci. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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