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Meaning of the nameLívia

Lívia is a feminine name of Latin origin, the feminine of Livius, the name of a plebeian family of ancient Rome, of uncertain meaning.

Meaning

The meaning of Lívia 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)
270,053
Rank in Brazil
#115
Median age
11 years
2010 Census
136,409
people

Lívia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lívia, 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 (99,762 people).

268,746 women 1,307 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 Lívia is most common

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

  1. São Paulo 0.176%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.158%
  3. Espírito Santo 0.156%
  4. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.141%
  5. Paraná 0.136%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo77,9480.176%
Minas Gerais32,5120.158%
Rio de Janeiro20,5510.128%
Paraná15,5700.136%
Rio Grande do Sul14,4450.133%
Bahia14,1340.100%
Ceará10,3140.117%
Pernambuco10,3100.114%
Santa Catarina9,5720.126%
Pará7,1130.088%
Maranhão6,4260.095%
Goiás6,2620.089%
Espírito Santo5,9810.156%
Paraíba5,1940.131%
Rio Grande do Norte4,4760.136%
Mato Grosso4,4090.121%
Alagoas4,0050.128%
Mato Grosso do Sul3,8730.141%
Piauí3,3640.103%
Distrito Federal3,2720.116%
Amazonas3,2110.082%
Sergipe1,9640.089%
Tocantins1,6290.108%
Rondônia1,5980.101%
Amapá6840.093%
Roraima6230.098%
Acre6130.074%

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

About the name Lívia

Wiktionary derives Lívia from Latin Līvia, the feminine of Līvius, the name of a Roman plebeian gens, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), also derives it from Latin Livia. For Behind the Name, Livius may be linked to Latin liveo, 'to envy', or to lividus, 'bluish, envious', without it being known which; for that reason the meaning of the name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 270,053 people named Lívia, with a median age of 11. Proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Livia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Livius · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Livia · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lívia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  5. Wiktionary: Lívia · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Lívia

What does the name Lívia mean?

The meaning of Lívia 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 Lívia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 270,053 people with the first name Lívia, which ranks it number 115 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Lívia a boy's or a girl's name?

Lívia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 268,746 women and 1,307 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Lívia?

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

In which Brazilian state is Lívia most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.176% of the state's population is named Lívia (77,948 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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