Meaning of the nameMoacir

Male
Tupi origin
Mo-a-cir

Moacir is a male name of Tupi origin, created by José de Alencar in 1865 from moasy, 'to lament', and translated by him as 'son of pain'.

Meaning

“'son of pain', according to José de Alencar, from Old Tupi moasy ('to lament')”

Source: Wiktionary: Moacir · Behind the Name: Moacir

People (2022): 61,684
Rank in Brazil: #496
Median age: 57 years
2010 Census: 79,857; people

Moacir in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Moacir, 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 (17,269 people).

209 women 61,475 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 Moacir is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	14,666	0.033%
Minas Gerais	6,797	0.033%
Paraná	5,934	0.052%
Santa Catarina	5,868	0.077%
Rio Grande do Sul	5,709	0.053%
Rio de Janeiro	3,711	0.023%
Bahia	2,504	0.018%
Pernambuco	2,144	0.024%
Goiás	1,756	0.025%
Ceará	1,616	0.018%
Mato Grosso	1,503	0.041%
Pará	1,393	0.017%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,203	0.044%
Espírito Santo	1,102	0.029%
Maranhão	855	0.013%
Paraíba	732	0.018%
Rio Grande do Norte	637	0.019%
Alagoas	613	0.020%
Distrito Federal	575	0.020%
Rondônia	552	0.035%
Amazonas	486	0.012%
Sergipe	380	0.017%
Piauí	353	0.011%
Tocantins	281	0.019%
Acre	110	0.013%
Amapá	107	0.015%
Roraima	97	0.015%

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

About the name Moacir

Wiktionary says José de Alencar created Moacir in 1865 for a character in the novel Iracema, from Old Tupi moasy, 'to lament', although the author translated it as 'son of pain'. Behind the Name gives Tupi moaçy as 'pain, regret, sorrow' and identifies Moacir as the son of Iracema and Martim in the novel. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 61,684 people named Moacir, with a median age of 57. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

This is the most recorded spelling in the group, with an I.

Other spellings of Moacir

Spelling	People (2022)
Moacir	61,684
Moacyr	3,864

Sources

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

Questions about the name Moacir

What does the name Moacir mean?

Moacir means “'son of pain', according to José de Alencar, from Old Tupi moasy ('to lament')”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Moacir in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 61,684 people with the first name Moacir, which ranks it number 496 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Moacir is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 209 women and 61,475 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Moacir?

Moacir is a name of Tupi origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Moacir most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.077% of the state's population is named Moacir (5,868 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Moacir?

Moacyr. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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