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Meaning of the nameMauro

Mauro is a male name of Latin origin, from Maurus, 'Moor', a word of Greek origin; in Portuguese, it is a doublet of mouro.

Meaning

“Moor, dark-skinned”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Mauro · Behind the Name: Maurus

People (2022)
144,544
Rank in Brazil
#233
Median age
51 years
2010 Census
166,776
people

Mauro in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Mauro, 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 (37,888 people).

443 women 144,101 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 Mauro is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.103%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.095%
  3. Paraná 0.092%
  4. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.091%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.089%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo38,8900.088%
Minas Gerais19,5440.095%
Rio de Janeiro14,3540.089%
Rio Grande do Sul11,1690.103%
Paraná10,5730.092%
Pará6,4390.079%
Santa Catarina5,4710.072%
Goiás5,1150.073%
Maranhão3,9620.059%
Bahia3,5950.025%
Ceará3,2160.037%
Mato Grosso3,0000.082%
Pernambuco2,5210.028%
Mato Grosso do Sul2,4970.091%
Espírito Santo2,4200.063%
Piauí2,1950.067%
Amazonas2,0440.052%
Distrito Federal1,7510.062%
Alagoas1,1250.036%
Tocantins9700.064%
Rondônia9250.059%
Paraíba6720.017%
Rio Grande do Norte6190.019%
Amapá4290.059%
Sergipe4070.018%
Acre3610.044%
Roraima2800.044%

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

About the name Mauro

Wiktionary records Mauro as a learned borrowing from Latin Maurus, linked to Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros), and as a doublet of mouro and moiro. Behind the Name gives Maurus as a Latin name meaning 'North African, Moor', a word of Greek origin, and Mauro as its Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado (1981), has the name coming from Italian Mauro, from Latin maurus, 'Moor', 'dark-skinned', and says its spread is perhaps due to Saint Maurus. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 144,544 people named Mauro, almost always men, with a median age of 51; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Mauro · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Mauro · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Mauro · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Maurus · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Mauro

What does the name Mauro mean?

Mauro means “Moor, dark-skinned”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Mauro in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 144,544 people with the first name Mauro, which ranks it number 233 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Mauro is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 443 women and 144,101 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Mauro?

Mauro is a name of Latin and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Mauro most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.103% of the state's population is named Mauro (11,169 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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