Meaning of the nameOlegário

Male
Germanic origin
O-le-gá-ri-o

Olegário is a masculine name of Germanic origin, passed through Latin Olegarius; the meaning of its elements is not known for certain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,663 people named Olegário, the 4,223rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 63, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Olegário is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 2,663
Rank in Brazil: #4,223
Median age: 63 years
2010 Census: 3,654; people

Olegário in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Olegário, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (612 people).

0 women 2,656 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 Olegário is most common

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

Bahia 0.003%
Minas Gerais 0.002%
Goiás 0.002%
Pernambuco 0.002%
Maranhão 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	491	0.001%
Minas Gerais	390	0.002%
Bahia	360	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	143	0.001%
Pernambuco	139	0.002%
Goiás	114	0.002%
Paraná	102	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	101	0.001%
Maranhão	101	0.002%
Ceará	98	0.001%
Santa Catarina	96	0.001%
Pará	94	0.001%
Piauí	70	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	54	0.002%
Mato Grosso	49	0.001%
Espírito Santo	41	0.001%
Paraíba	40	0.001%
Amazonas	26	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	26	0.001%
Distrito Federal	25	0.001%
Tocantins	24	0.002%
Sergipe	22	0.001%
Alagoas	18	0.001%
Rondônia	17	0.001%

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

About the name Olegário

Behind the Name presents Olegário as the Portuguese form of Olegarius, a Latinization of a Germanic name, perhaps Aldegar or a form of Odalgar with letters swapped in position. The meaning of these Germanic elements is not known for certain, so the meaning of the name is left open. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Holegario as a spelling variant. The name is almost always male, and most of the people were born in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,663 people named Olegário, with a median age of 63.

Sources

Behind the Name: Olegario · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Olegario · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Olegário

What does the name Olegário mean?

The meaning of Olegário is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Olegário in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,663 people with the first name Olegário, which ranks it number 4,223 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Olegário a boy's or a girl's name?

Olegário is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,656 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Olegário?

Olegário is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Olegário most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Olegário (360 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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