Meaning of the nameJeová

Jeová is a masculine name taken from the name of God in the Hebrew scriptures, the Tetragrammaton YHWH, which reached Portuguese through Latin Iehova.

Meaning

“name of God in the Hebrew scriptures, transcription of the Tetragrammaton (YHWH)”

Source: Wiktionary: Jeová

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People (2022): 12,870
Rank in Brazil: #1,430
Median age: 44 years
2010 Census: 13,826; people

Jeová in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jeová, 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 (2,430 people).

240 women 12,630 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 Jeová is most common

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

Rio Grande do Norte 0.016%
Tocantins 0.016%
Amapá 0.016%
Ceará 0.015%
Goiás 0.015%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,469	0.003%
Bahia	1,339	0.010%
Ceará	1,318	0.015%
Pará	1,139	0.014%
Goiás	1,039	0.015%
Pernambuco	968	0.011%
Maranhão	744	0.011%
Minas Gerais	729	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	538	0.016%
Paraíba	476	0.012%
Rio de Janeiro	438	0.003%
Piauí	328	0.010%
Mato Grosso	279	0.008%
Alagoas	266	0.009%
Distrito Federal	244	0.009%
Tocantins	238	0.016%
Amazonas	228	0.006%
Paraná	219	0.002%
Sergipe	173	0.008%
Amapá	114	0.016%
Mato Grosso do Sul	112	0.004%
Espírito Santo	106	0.003%
Rondônia	103	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	83	0.001%
Santa Catarina	79	0.001%
Roraima	53	0.008%
Acre	48	0.006%

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

About the name Jeová

According to Wiktionary, Jeová is a learned borrowing from Latin Iehōva, which comes from Biblical Hebrew יהוה (YHWH), the name of God in the Hebrew scriptures, and it is a doublet of Javé. The form reproduces the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton, in which the vowels of Adonai, 'my lord', were inserted. As a personal name, Jeová is almost always male. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,870 people named Jeová, with a median age of 44; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Norte.

Sources

Wiktionary: Jeová · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Jehovah · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Jeová

What does the name Jeová mean?

Jeová means “name of God in the Hebrew scriptures, transcription of the Tetragrammaton (YHWH)”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Jeová in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,870 people with the first name Jeová, which ranks it number 1,430 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Jeová a boy's or a girl's name?

Jeová is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 240 women and 12,630 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jeová?

Jeová is a name of Hebrew and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jeová most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.016% of the state's population is named Jeová (538 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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