Meaning of the nameMoacyr

Male
Tupi origin
Mo-a-cyr

Moacyr is a spelling of the name Moacir, which means “'son of pain', according to José de Alencar, from Old Tupi moasy ('to lament')”.

Meaning

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

Meaning of the name Moacir, of which Moacyr is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Moacir · Behind the Name: Moacir

People (2022): 3,864
Rank in Brazil: #3,268
Median age: 62 years
2010 Census: 3,245; people

Moacyr in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Moacyr, 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 (859 people).

0 women 3,851 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 Moacyr is most common

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

Espírito Santo 0.006%
Rio de Janeiro 0.005%
São Paulo 0.003%
Minas Gerais 0.002%
Paraná 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,137	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	847	0.005%
Minas Gerais	374	0.002%
Espírito Santo	239	0.006%
Paraná	200	0.002%
Bahia	178	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	137	0.001%
Santa Catarina	110	0.001%
Pernambuco	78	0.001%
Pará	70	0.001%
Goiás	64	0.001%
Mato Grosso	51	0.001%
Distrito Federal	50	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	47	0.002%
Maranhão	42	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	40	0.001%
Alagoas	33	0.001%
Ceará	29	0.000%
Amazonas	27	0.001%
Piauí	25	0.001%
Rondônia	25	0.002%
Paraíba	24	0.001%
Sergipe	15	0.001%

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

The spelling Moacyr

Uses Y in place of the I; Wiktionary records it as an alternative spelling of Moacir, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it among the spelling variants.

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.

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 Moacyr

What does the name Moacyr mean?

Moacyr means “'son of pain', according to José de Alencar, from Old Tupi moasy ('to lament')”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Moacir, of which Moacyr is a spelling.

How many people are named Moacyr in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,864 people with the first name Moacyr, which ranks it number 3,268 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Moacyr is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,851 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Moacyr?

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

In which Brazilian state is Moacyr most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.006% of the state's population is named Moacyr (239 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Moacyr?

Moacir. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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