Meaning of the nameJuracy

Unisex
Tupi origin
Ju-ra-cy

Juracy is a spelling of the name Juraci, which means “from Tupi îuru, 'mouth', and çy, 'mother, origin'”.

Meaning

“from Tupi îuru, 'mouth', and çy, 'mother, origin'”

Meaning of the name Juraci, of which Juracy is a spelling.

People (2022): 6,982
Rank in Brazil: #2,169
Median age: 63 years
2010 Census: 5,687; people

Juracy in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Juracy, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,607 people).

3,579 women 3,403 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 Juracy is most common

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

Tocantins 0.008%
Bahia 0.008%
Espírito Santo 0.006%
Amazonas 0.005%
Mato Grosso 0.005%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,193	0.003%
Bahia	1,054	0.008%
Minas Gerais	751	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	716	0.005%
Goiás	301	0.004%
Maranhão	299	0.004%
Paraná	293	0.003%
Pará	286	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	284	0.003%
Espírito Santo	246	0.006%
Amazonas	198	0.005%
Pernambuco	195	0.002%
Mato Grosso	182	0.005%
Santa Catarina	138	0.002%
Tocantins	122	0.008%
Paraíba	121	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	100	0.004%
Ceará	90	0.001%
Distrito Federal	89	0.003%
Piauí	66	0.002%
Alagoas	49	0.002%
Rondônia	49	0.003%
Sergipe	48	0.002%
Amapá	40	0.006%
Rio Grande do Norte	34	0.001%
Roraima	23	0.004%
Acre	15	0.002%

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

The spelling Juracy

It ends in Y. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it as a spelling variant of Juraci.

About the name Juraci

Behind the Name gives Juraci as a name of Tupi origin, used for both sexes, formed from îuru, 'mouth', and çy, 'mother, origin'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Juracy, Juracir, Juracyr, Jurraci and Guaraci among the spelling variants of Juraci. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 42,662 people named Juraci, with a median age of 61. The split between the sexes is balanced, and the two spellings barely appear among people born from the 2000s onward.

Other spellings of Juraci

Spelling	People (2022)
Juraci	42,662
Juracy	6,982

Sources

Behind the Name: Juraci · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Juraci · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Juracy

What does the name Juracy mean?

Juracy means “from Tupi îuru, 'mouth', and çy, 'mother, origin'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Juraci, of which Juracy is a spelling.

How many people are named Juracy in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,982 people with the first name Juracy, which ranks it number 2,169 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Juracy is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 3,579 women and 3,403 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Juracy?

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

In which Brazilian state is Juracy most common?

Proportionally, in Tocantins: 0.008% of the state's population is named Juracy (122 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Juracy?

Juraci. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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