Meaning of the nameMelquisedeque

Male
Hebrew origin
Mel-qui-se-de-que
Biblical name

Melquisedeque is a masculine name of Hebrew origin, the Portuguese form of Melchizedek, the king and priest of Genesis, and it means 'justice is my king'.

Meaning

“justice is my king”

Source: Wiktionary: Melchizedek · Blue Letter Bible: Melchizedek (H4442)

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People (2022): 2,046
Rank in Brazil: #5,033
Median age: 25 years
2010 Census: 1,430; people

Melquisedeque in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Melquisedeque, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (500 people).

0 women 2,037 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 Melquisedeque is most common

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

Amazonas 0.003%
Maranhão 0.002%
Pernambuco 0.002%
Pará 0.002%
Bahia 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	234	0.001%
Bahia	226	0.002%
Pernambuco	154	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	144	0.001%
Minas Gerais	143	0.001%
Pará	136	0.002%
Maranhão	131	0.002%
Amazonas	100	0.003%
Ceará	97	0.001%
Paraíba	69	0.002%
Alagoas	69	0.002%
Goiás	67	0.001%
Paraná	56	0.001%
Espírito Santo	56	0.002%
Piauí	46	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	44	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	41	0.000%
Distrito Federal	39	0.001%
Sergipe	34	0.002%
Rondônia	28	0.002%
Mato Grosso	27	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	23	0.001%
Tocantins	22	0.002%
Santa Catarina	20	0.000%
Acre	16	0.002%
Roraima	16	0.003%

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

About the name Melquisedeque

Melquisedeque is the Portuguese form of the Hebrew name malkî-ṣeḏeq, which Wiktionary translates literally as 'justice is my king'. Strong's, at the Blue Letter Bible, combines melek, 'king', and tsedeq, 'justice', and gives 'king of justice'; the Brown-Driver-Briggs reading cited there is 'my king is Ṣedeq'. The name is that of the king and priest mentioned in Genesis 14:18. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,046 people named Melquisedeque, with a median age of 25.

Sources

Wiktionary: Melchizedek · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Blue Letter Bible: Melchizedek (H4442) · blueletterbible.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Melquisedeque · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Melquisedeque

What does the name Melquisedeque mean?

Melquisedeque means “justice is my king”, according to Wiktionary and Blue Letter Bible.

How many people are named Melquisedeque in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,046 people with the first name Melquisedeque, which ranks it number 5,033 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Melquisedeque is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,037 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Melquisedeque?

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

In which Brazilian state is Melquisedeque most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.003% of the state's population is named Melquisedeque (100 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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