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Meaning of the nameMesias

Mesias is a spelling of the name Messias, which means “anointed”.

Meaning

“anointed”

Meaning of the name Messias, of which Mesias is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Messias · Behind the Name: Messias

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People (2022)
2,536
Rank in Brazil
#4,382
Median age
37 years
2010 Census
3,686
people

Mesias in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Mesias, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (461 people).

55 women 2,481 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 Mesias is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.005%
  2. Amazonas 0.004%
  3. Maranhão 0.002%
  4. Bahia 0.002%
  5. Ceará 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará4290.005%
São Paulo3160.001%
Minas Gerais2240.001%
Bahia2170.002%
Amazonas1740.004%
Rio de Janeiro1270.001%
Ceará1240.001%
Maranhão1200.002%
Pernambuco1170.001%
Goiás860.001%
Paraná770.001%
Mato Grosso700.002%
Santa Catarina690.001%
Espírito Santo530.001%
Rondônia410.003%
Paraíba370.001%
Rio Grande do Norte340.001%
Acre320.004%
Rio Grande do Sul290.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul280.001%
Amapá270.004%
Piauí250.001%
Tocantins210.001%
Roraima210.003%
Distrito Federal170.001%

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

The spelling Mesias

It writes the S only once, like the Spanish Mesías, which Wiktionary also records as a male name; it is much less common than Messias.

About the name Messias

Wiktionary records Messias as a learned borrowing from Latin Messīās, which came from Hellenistic Greek Μεσσίας and Aramaic məšīḥā to Biblical Hebrew māšîaḥ, 'anointed'. Behind the Name gives it as the Portuguese form of Messiah, from the Hebrew root mashiyaḥ, 'anointed'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 32,653 people named Messias, with a median age of 41; proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas. Mesias is the spelling with a single S.

Other spellings of Messias

SpellingPeople (2022)
Messias32,653
Mesias2,536

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Messias · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Messias · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Mesías · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Mesias

What does the name Mesias mean?

Mesias means “anointed”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Messias, of which Mesias is a spelling.

How many people are named Mesias in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,536 people with the first name Mesias, which ranks it number 4,382 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Mesias is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 55 women and 2,481 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Mesias?

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

In which Brazilian state is Mesias most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.005% of the state's population is named Mesias (429 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Mesias?

Messias. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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