Meaning of the nameLaerte
- Male
- Greek origin
- Latin origin
- La-er-te
Laerte is a male name of Greek origin, that of Laertes, father of Odysseus in mythology, and it means, according to one reading, 'he who gathers the people'.
Meaning
“he who gathers the people”
Source: Behind the Name: Laertes · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Laerte · Wiktionary: Λαέρτης (Ancient Greek)
- People (2022)
- 13,980
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,354
- Median age
- 50 years
- 2010 Census
- 15,636
- people
Laerte in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Laerte, 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 (2,817 people).
219 women 13,761 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 Laerte is most common
States with the highest share of people named Laerte in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.010%
- São Paulo 0.010%
- Bahia 0.008%
- Santa Catarina 0.007%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.007%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 4,312 | 0.010% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,440 | 0.007% |
| Bahia | 1,157 | 0.008% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,151 | 0.007% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,125 | 0.010% |
| Paraná | 578 | 0.005% |
| Santa Catarina | 559 | 0.007% |
| Goiás | 402 | 0.006% |
| Pernambuco | 398 | 0.004% |
| Ceará | 348 | 0.004% |
| Maranhão | 324 | 0.005% |
| Paraíba | 279 | 0.007% |
| Espírito Santo | 273 | 0.007% |
| Mato Grosso | 250 | 0.007% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 172 | 0.006% |
| Pará | 170 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 165 | 0.005% |
| Alagoas | 150 | 0.005% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 138 | 0.004% |
| Distrito Federal | 136 | 0.005% |
| Sergipe | 130 | 0.006% |
| Amazonas | 128 | 0.003% |
| Rondônia | 72 | 0.005% |
| Tocantins | 72 | 0.005% |
| Acre | 19 | 0.002% |
| Roraima | 18 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Laerte
Laerte is a learned borrowing from Latin Lāertēs, from ancient Greek Λαέρτης (Laértēs), perhaps via Italian Laerte, according to Wiktionary; it is the name of the father of Odysseus in Greek mythology. Wiktionary analyzes the Greek name as λαός, 'people', plus εἴρω, 'to bind, to join', and Behind the Name translates it as 'he who gathers the people'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, which treats Laerte as an apocopated form of Laertes, also cites the readings 'guard, savior of the people' and 'stone lifter'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 13,980 people named Laerte, with a median age of 50; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Laerte (Portuguese) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Laertes · behindthename.com · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Laerte · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
- Wiktionary: Λαέρτης (Ancient Greek) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Questions about the name Laerte
What does the name Laerte mean?
Laerte means “he who gathers the people”, according to Behind the Name and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.
How many people are named Laerte in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 13,980 people with the first name Laerte, which ranks it number 1,354 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Laerte a boy's or a girl's name?
Laerte is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 219 women and 13,761 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Laerte?
Laerte is a name of Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Laerte most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.010% of the state's population is named Laerte (1,125 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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