Meaning of the nameKauê

Male
Tupi origin
Kau-ê

Kauê is a male name of Tupi origin, from Old Tupi kaûã, the name of the acauã, a bird of prey.

Meaning

“Tupi name of the acauã, a bird of prey”

Source: Wiktionary: Kauê · Wiktionary: kaûã (Old Tupi)

People (2022): 65,321
Rank in Brazil: #469
Median age: 12 years
2010 Census: 29,412; people

Kauê in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kauê, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (25,609 people).

608 women 64,713 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 Kauê is most common

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

Santa Catarina 0.052%
São Paulo 0.049%
Amapá 0.043%
Paraná 0.041%
Paraíba 0.037%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	21,590	0.049%
Paraná	4,739	0.041%
Rio de Janeiro	4,433	0.028%
Bahia	4,036	0.029%
Rio Grande do Sul	4,030	0.037%
Santa Catarina	3,956	0.052%
Minas Gerais	2,680	0.013%
Pará	2,606	0.032%
Ceará	2,357	0.027%
Pernambuco	2,351	0.026%
Goiás	1,544	0.022%
Paraíba	1,476	0.037%
Maranhão	1,449	0.021%
Mato Grosso	1,038	0.028%
Alagoas	1,002	0.032%
Amazonas	898	0.023%
Piauí	789	0.024%
Rio Grande do Norte	780	0.024%
Mato Grosso do Sul	693	0.025%
Sergipe	592	0.027%
Distrito Federal	522	0.019%
Espírito Santo	444	0.012%
Rondônia	356	0.023%
Amapá	315	0.043%
Tocantins	296	0.020%
Acre	188	0.023%
Roraima	161	0.025%

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

About the name Kauê

Wiktionary records Kauê as a borrowing from Old Tupi kaûã and Cauê as a name of Tupi origin, a variant of Cauã. In Old Tupi, kaûã names the acauã (Herpetotheres cachinnans), a bird of prey; the origin of the word itself is unknown. It is a recent name: the great majority of people with this name were born in the 2000s and 2010s or later. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 65,321 people named Kauê, with a median age of 12. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Kauê among the spelling variants of Cauê.

It uses K and is the most recorded spelling in the group; the circumflex accent marks the stressed final syllable.

Other spellings of Kauê

Spelling	People (2022)
Kauê	65,321
Cauê	34,574

Sources

Wiktionary: Kauê · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Cauê · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: kaûã (Old Tupi) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cauê · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Kauê

What does the name Kauê mean?

Kauê means “Tupi name of the acauã, a bird of prey”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Kauê in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 65,321 people with the first name Kauê, which ranks it number 469 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Kauê a boy's or a girl's name?

Kauê is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 608 women and 64,713 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kauê?

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

In which Brazilian state is Kauê most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.052% of the state's population is named Kauê (3,956 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kauê?

Cauê. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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