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Meaning of the nameMessias

Messias is a male name of Hebrew origin, from māšîaḥ, 'anointed', and the Portuguese form of the title Messiah.

Meaning

“anointed”

Source: Wiktionary: Messias · Behind the Name: Messias

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People (2022)
32,653
Rank in Brazil
#771
Median age
41 years
2010 Census
34,115
people

Messias in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Messias, 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 (5,451 people).

814 women 31,839 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 Messias is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.045%
  2. Pará 0.043%
  3. Acre 0.035%
  4. Amapá 0.032%
  5. Ceará 0.023%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5,6230.013%
Minas Gerais4,5210.022%
Pará3,4480.043%
Bahia2,4610.017%
Ceará2,0420.023%
Rio de Janeiro2,0390.013%
Amazonas1,7690.045%
Pernambuco1,2690.014%
Maranhão1,2380.018%
Paraná1,1440.010%
Goiás1,1270.016%
Paraíba6360.016%
Espírito Santo5830.015%
Piauí5660.017%
Mato Grosso5410.015%
Rio Grande do Norte5090.015%
Santa Catarina4090.005%
Alagoas3600.012%
Mato Grosso do Sul3120.011%
Distrito Federal3100.011%
Rondônia3070.019%
Acre2920.035%
Sergipe2690.012%
Tocantins2560.017%
Rio Grande do Sul2540.002%
Amapá2330.032%
Roraima1350.021%

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

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.

This is the spelling with SS, divided Mes-si-as in Wiktionary, and the most recorded in the group.

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 Messias

What does the name Messias mean?

Messias means “anointed”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Messias in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 32,653 people with the first name Messias, which ranks it number 771 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Messias is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 814 women and 31,839 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Messias?

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

In which Brazilian state is Messias most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.045% of the state's population is named Messias (1,769 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Messias?

Mesias. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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