Meaning of the nameMaycom

Maycom is a spelling of the name Maicom, which means “Brazilian form of Michael, 'who is like God?'”.

Meaning

“Brazilian form of Michael, 'who is like God?'”

Meaning of the name Maicom, of which Maycom is a spelling.

People (2022): 3,044
Rank in Brazil: #3,853
Median age: 24 years
2010 Census: 2,996; people

Maycom in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Maycom, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (1,075 people).

24 women 3,020 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 Maycom is most common

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

Goiás 0.003%
Espírito Santo 0.003%
Mato Grosso 0.003%
Minas Gerais 0.002%
Rio de Janeiro 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	451	0.002%
São Paulo	437	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	349	0.002%
Paraná	225	0.002%
Goiás	223	0.003%
Pará	175	0.002%
Maranhão	128	0.002%
Espírito Santo	124	0.003%
Mato Grosso	112	0.003%
Santa Catarina	105	0.001%
Pernambuco	92	0.001%
Bahia	77	0.001%
Ceará	67	0.001%
Tocantins	60	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	49	0.002%
Rondônia	48	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	46	0.000%
Rio Grande do Norte	46	0.001%
Amazonas	40	0.001%
Paraíba	37	0.001%
Alagoas	36	0.001%
Piauí	34	0.001%
Distrito Federal	34	0.001%
Sergipe	21	0.001%

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

The spelling Maycom

It swaps the I for a Y; it is the least common spelling in the group and, proportionally, appears most in Goiás.

About the name Maicom

Behind the Name gives Maicon as a Brazilian form of Michael, taken from the English name; Michael comes from Hebrew Miḵaʾel, 'who is like God?', a rhetorical question, and is the name of the archangel who appears in the books of Daniel and Revelation. Wiktionary also records Maicon as a Brazilian adaptation of English Michael and gives it as a doublet of Miguel. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) includes Maicom and Maycom among the spelling variants of Maicon. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,650 people named Maicom, with a median age of 27; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Other spellings of Maicom

Spelling	People (2022)
Maicom	9,650
Maycom	3,044

Sources

Behind the Name: Michael · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Maicon · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Maicon · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Maicon · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Maycom

What does the name Maycom mean?

Maycom means “Brazilian form of Michael, 'who is like God?'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Maicom, of which Maycom is a spelling.

How many people are named Maycom in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,044 people with the first name Maycom, which ranks it number 3,853 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Maycom is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 24 women and 3,020 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Maycom?

Maycom is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Maycom most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.003% of the state's population is named Maycom (223 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Maycom?

Maicom. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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