Meaning of the nameMariano

Male
Latin origin
Ma-ri-a-no

Mariano is a masculine name of Latin origin, from Marianus, derived from the Roman name Marius and later associated with Maria.

Meaning

The meaning of Mariano is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 16,830
Rank in Brazil: #1,188
Median age: 52 years
2010 Census: 20,571; people

Mariano in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Mariano, 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 (2,914 people).

170 women 16,660 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 Mariano is most common

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

Piauí 0.028%
Tocantins 0.021%
Maranhão 0.017%
Pernambuco 0.016%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.012%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,478	0.006%
Pernambuco	1,442	0.016%
Bahia	1,263	0.009%
Maranhão	1,178	0.017%
Paraná	1,124	0.010%
Rio de Janeiro	1,019	0.006%
Pará	912	0.011%
Piauí	910	0.028%
Minas Gerais	899	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	849	0.008%
Ceará	648	0.007%
Goiás	543	0.008%
Paraíba	418	0.011%
Santa Catarina	404	0.005%
Mato Grosso	362	0.010%
Amazonas	331	0.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul	329	0.012%
Rio Grande do Norte	317	0.010%
Tocantins	315	0.021%
Alagoas	283	0.009%
Distrito Federal	234	0.008%
Espírito Santo	188	0.005%
Rondônia	103	0.007%
Sergipe	81	0.004%
Acre	80	0.010%
Roraima	70	0.011%
Amapá	50	0.007%

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

About the name Mariano

Mariano comes from the Latin Marianus, derived from the Roman family name Marius. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), which analyzes the name as Mari- + -ano, explains that it was first understood as 'relating to Marius' and later as 'relating to Maria', and that today it works as a counterpart of Mariana. The origin of Marius is uncertain: Behind the Name links it to the Roman god Mars or to the Latin root mas, maris, 'male', without deciding between the two. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 16,830 people named Mariano, with a median age of 52. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, most common in Piauí.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Mariano · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Mariano · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Marius · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Mariano (Italian and Spanish) · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Mariano

What does the name Mariano mean?

The meaning of Mariano is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Mariano in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 16,830 people with the first name Mariano, which ranks it number 1,188 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Mariano is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 170 women and 16,660 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Mariano?

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

In which Brazilian state is Mariano most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.028% of the state's population is named Mariano (910 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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