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Meaning of the nameKayo

Kayo is a spelling of the name Caio.

Meaning

The meaning of Kayo 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)
9,326
Rank in Brazil
#1,809
Median age
13 years
2010 Census
3,481
people

Kayo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kayo, 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 (3,830 people).

108 women 9,218 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 Kayo is most common

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

  1. Tocantins 0.012%
  2. Espírito Santo 0.009%
  3. Paraíba 0.008%
  4. Goiás 0.008%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.008%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio de Janeiro1,2660.008%
São Paulo1,2000.003%
Minas Gerais8860.004%
Goiás5730.008%
Pernambuco4800.005%
Pará4380.005%
Ceará4040.005%
Maranhão3870.006%
Bahia3730.003%
Paraná3520.003%
Espírito Santo3470.009%
Paraíba3310.008%
Mato Grosso2510.007%
Piauí2400.007%
Santa Catarina2230.003%
Rio Grande do Norte2070.006%
Distrito Federal1940.007%
Tocantins1870.012%
Alagoas1590.005%
Amazonas1520.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul1500.005%
Rio Grande do Sul1330.001%
Sergipe1270.006%
Rondônia1110.007%
Acre540.007%
Roraima530.008%
Amapá480.007%

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

The spelling Kayo

Uses K at the start and Y in place of I, a rarer rewriting of the pronunciation of Caio.

About the name Caio

Caio comes from the Latin Caius, a variant of Gaius, an ancient Roman given name. Behind the Name considers the meaning of Gaius uncertain: it perhaps comes from the Latin gaudeo, 'to rejoice', or from an unknown Etruscan origin; Wiktionary also links it to gaudeō. Gaius appears in the New Testament, and Behind the Name lists Caio as the Portuguese and Italian form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 286,597 people named Caio, with a median age of 17. The name is almost always male and gained ground among people born in the 1990s and 2000s; Kaio, Kayo and Cayo write the same sound with K or Y.

Other spellings of Caio

SpellingPeople (2022)
Caio286,597
Kaio75,288
Kayo9,326
Cayo2,742

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Caio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Gaius (Latin) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Gaius · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Caio · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Kayo

What does the name Kayo mean?

The meaning of Kayo 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 Kayo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,326 people with the first name Kayo, which ranks it number 1,809 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Kayo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 108 women and 9,218 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kayo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Kayo most common?

Proportionally, in Tocantins: 0.012% of the state's population is named Kayo (187 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kayo?

Caio, Kaio and Cayo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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