Meaning of the nameNicodemos

Nicodemos is a male name of Greek origin meaning 'victory of the people', the form of the biblical name Nicodemo.

Meaning

“victory of the people”

Source: Behind the Name: Nicodemus · Wiktionary: Nicodemus

People (2022): 2,173
Rank in Brazil: #4,832
Median age: 53 years
2010 Census: 2,646; people

Nicodemos in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Nicodemos, 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 (484 people).

0 women 2,162 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 Nicodemos is most common

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

Paraíba 0.003%
Minas Gerais 0.002%
Ceará 0.002%
Pará 0.002%
Pernambuco 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	376	0.002%
São Paulo	301	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	150	0.001%
Ceará	150	0.002%
Pará	133	0.002%
Paraíba	111	0.003%
Pernambuco	102	0.001%
Goiás	92	0.001%
Paraná	91	0.001%
Bahia	90	0.001%
Maranhão	85	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	78	0.002%
Espírito Santo	59	0.002%
Santa Catarina	55	0.001%
Amazonas	48	0.001%
Mato Grosso	38	0.001%
Rondônia	38	0.002%
Piauí	28	0.001%
Distrito Federal	27	0.001%
Alagoas	25	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	19	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	19	0.001%
Tocantins	17	0.001%

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

About the name Nicodemos

Nicodemos comes from the Greek Nikodemos, formed from nike, 'victory', and demos, 'people', according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary. It is the name of a figure in the Gospel of John, where he appears five times. The spelling with a final S follows the Greek form Nikodemos, and Nicodemo is the Portuguese form listed on Behind the Name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,173 people named Nicodemos, with a median age of 53. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraíba.

Sources

Behind the Name: Nicodemus · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Nicodemus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Blue Letter Bible: Strong's G3530 · blueletterbible.org · origin

Questions about the name Nicodemos

What does the name Nicodemos mean?

Nicodemos means “victory of the people”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Nicodemos in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,173 people with the first name Nicodemos, which ranks it number 4,832 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Nicodemos is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,162 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Nicodemos?

Nicodemos is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Nicodemos most common?

Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.003% of the state's population is named Nicodemos (111 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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