Meaning of the nameJúlio

Male
Latin origin
Jú-li-o

Júlio is a masculine name of Latin origin, from Iulius, the name of a Roman family whose origin is uncertain.

Meaning

The meaning of Júlio is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 327,493
Rank in Brazil: #82
Median age: 36 years
2010 Census: 336,030; people

Júlio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Júlio, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (69,193 people).

1,614 women 325,879 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 Júlio is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	76,340	0.172%
Minas Gerais	41,351	0.201%
Rio de Janeiro	34,901	0.217%
Rio Grande do Sul	20,400	0.187%
Paraná	20,234	0.177%
Bahia	15,754	0.111%
Pernambuco	13,038	0.144%
Santa Catarina	12,377	0.163%
Goiás	11,254	0.160%
Ceará	9,897	0.113%
Pará	8,558	0.105%
Maranhão	8,373	0.124%
Espírito Santo	6,585	0.172%
Amazonas	5,807	0.147%
Mato Grosso	5,544	0.152%
Paraíba	5,169	0.130%
Mato Grosso do Sul	5,004	0.182%
Rio Grande do Norte	4,781	0.145%
Distrito Federal	4,227	0.150%
Alagoas	4,154	0.133%
Piauí	3,692	0.113%
Sergipe	2,800	0.127%
Rondônia	2,397	0.152%
Tocantins	2,114	0.140%
Acre	971	0.117%
Roraima	914	0.144%
Amapá	857	0.117%

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

About the name Júlio

Wiktionary gives Júlio as a learned borrowing from Latin Iūlius, which has the word julho ('July') as a divergent form. Iulius was a Roman family name: according to Behind the Name, possibly derived from Greek ἴουλος (íoulos), 'downy-bearded', or else linked to the god Jupiter, and Wiktionary's Latin entry gives the same two hypotheses, the second as a contraction of *Iovilios, 'descendant of Jove'. Because the origin of the base name is uncertain, the meaning of Júlio is also uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 327,493 people named Júlio, with a median age of 36.

Sources

Wiktionary: Júlio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Julius · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Iulius (Latin) · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Júlio

What does the name Júlio mean?

The meaning of Júlio is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Júlio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 327,493 people with the first name Júlio, which ranks it number 82 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Júlio a boy's or a girl's name?

Júlio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,614 women and 325,879 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Júlio?

Júlio is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Júlio most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.217% of the state's population is named Júlio (34,901 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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