Meaning of the nameNeemias

Neemias is a male name of Hebrew origin, the biblical name Nehemiah, which means 'Yahweh consoles'.

Meaning

“Yahweh consoles”

People (2022): 4,692
Rank in Brazil: #2,865
Median age: 20 years
2010 Census: 3,370; people

Neemias in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Neemias, 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 (1,083 people).

55 women 4,637 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 Neemias is most common

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

Amazonas 0.005%
Espírito Santo 0.005%
Maranhão 0.004%
Rio de Janeiro 0.004%
Pernambuco 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	710	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	556	0.004%
Bahia	417	0.003%
Minas Gerais	380	0.002%
Pernambuco	308	0.003%
Maranhão	299	0.004%
Pará	239	0.003%
Amazonas	187	0.005%
Ceará	180	0.002%
Espírito Santo	177	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	152	0.001%
Paraná	138	0.001%
Santa Catarina	118	0.002%
Piauí	102	0.003%
Goiás	95	0.001%
Mato Grosso	90	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	77	0.002%
Alagoas	74	0.002%
Paraíba	69	0.002%
Sergipe	62	0.003%
Distrito Federal	52	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	51	0.002%
Rondônia	43	0.003%
Roraima	43	0.007%
Tocantins	28	0.002%
Amapá	26	0.004%
Acre	19	0.002%

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

About the name Neemias

Neemias is the Portuguese form of the biblical name Nehemiah, which Wiktionary records as the name of a book of the Old Testament and of a governor of Judea. According to Behind the Name, the Hebrew name combines naḥam, 'to console', and yah, a shortened form of the name of God. It is almost always male, and the number of people recorded grows with each birth decade since the 1940s, with the largest group in the 2010s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,692 people named Neemias, with a median age of 20.

Keeps both e's of the biblical form; it is the most common spelling of the group.

Other spellings of Neemias

Spelling	People (2022)
Neemias	4,692
Nemias	2,340

Sources

Wiktionary: Neemias · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Nehemiah · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Neemias

What does the name Neemias mean?

Neemias means “Yahweh consoles”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Neemias in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,692 people with the first name Neemias, which ranks it number 2,865 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Neemias is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 55 women and 4,637 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Neemias?

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

In which Brazilian state is Neemias most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.005% of the state's population is named Neemias (187 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Neemias?

Nemias. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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