Meaning of the nameMurillo

Male
Spanish origin
Mu-ril-lo

Murillo is a spelling of the name Murilo, which means “from the Spanish surname Murillo: from Basque muino, 'hill', with a diminutive, or 'small wall'”.

Meaning

“from the Spanish surname Murillo: from Basque muino, 'hill', with a diminutive, or 'small wall'”

Meaning of the name Murilo, of which Murillo is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Murillo · Behind the Name: Murilo

People (2022): 13,123
Rank in Brazil: #1,407
Median age: 10 years
2010 Census: 4,322; people

Murillo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Murillo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (5,255 people).

92 women 13,031 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 Murillo is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	5,418	0.012%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,072	0.010%
Paraná	914	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	909	0.006%
Minas Gerais	784	0.004%
Goiás	724	0.010%
Bahia	483	0.003%
Santa Catarina	365	0.005%
Espírito Santo	345	0.009%
Mato Grosso	300	0.008%
Pará	219	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	219	0.008%
Distrito Federal	182	0.007%
Pernambuco	172	0.002%
Ceará	142	0.002%
Amazonas	117	0.003%
Maranhão	109	0.002%
Rondônia	108	0.007%
Tocantins	108	0.007%
Alagoas	94	0.003%
Paraíba	79	0.002%
Piauí	71	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	69	0.002%
Sergipe	46	0.002%
Roraima	39	0.006%
Acre	27	0.003%

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

The spelling Murillo

It keeps the -ll- of the Spanish form of the surname.

About the name Murilo

Wiktionary records Murilo as a borrowing from the Spanish Murillo, a surname formed from Basque muino, 'hill', and the Spanish diminutive suffix -illo. Behind the Name describes Murilo as a Brazilian Portuguese name taken from the same surname, but gives it the meaning 'small wall'. Almost always male, the name grew from the 1980s on and was most often given to people born in the 2010s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 200,096 people named Murilo, with a median age of 12; proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo.

Other spellings of Murilo

Spelling	People (2022)
Murilo	200,096
Murillo	13,123

Sources

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

Questions about the name Murillo

What does the name Murillo mean?

Murillo means “from the Spanish surname Murillo: from Basque muino, 'hill', with a diminutive, or 'small wall'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Murilo, of which Murillo is a spelling.

How many people are named Murillo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 13,123 people with the first name Murillo, which ranks it number 1,407 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Murillo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 92 women and 13,031 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Murillo?

Murillo is a name of Spanish origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Murillo most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.012% of the state's population is named Murillo (5,418 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Murillo?

Murilo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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