Meaning of the nameOlímpio

Male
Greek origin
O-lím-pi-o

Olímpio is a male name of Greek origin, the male form of Olímpia, which refers to Olympus, the name of a place in Greece.

Meaning

The meaning of Olímpio is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 7,300
Rank in Brazil: #2,112
Median age: 65 years
2010 Census: 10,647; people

Olímpio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Olímpio, 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 (1,882 people).

31 women 7,269 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 Olímpio is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,454	0.003%
Minas Gerais	1,171	0.006%
Bahia	635	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	506	0.005%
Paraná	459	0.004%
Goiás	389	0.006%
Santa Catarina	354	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	307	0.002%
Pernambuco	273	0.003%
Maranhão	200	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	200	0.007%
Pará	194	0.002%
Mato Grosso	176	0.005%
Piauí	139	0.004%
Ceará	134	0.002%
Espírito Santo	130	0.003%
Amazonas	80	0.002%
Distrito Federal	78	0.003%
Tocantins	77	0.005%
Rondônia	73	0.005%
Paraíba	65	0.002%
Sergipe	54	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	52	0.002%
Alagoas	50	0.002%
Acre	25	0.003%

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

About the name Olímpio

Wiktionary records Olimpio, in Italian and Spanish, as a male name of Ancient Greek origin, corresponding to Olimpia, and Behind the Name gives Olympia as the feminine form of Olympos, a place name. Wiktionary lists Olímpia in Portuguese as a learned borrowing from the Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία, the name of the Greek city of the first Olympic Games. In Portuguese there is also the adjective olímpio, 'the same as olímpico' ('Olympic'), from Latin olympius, according to Priberam. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,300 people named Olímpio, with a median age of 65.

Sources

Wiktionary: Olimpio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Olímpia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Olympia · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Olimpio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Priberam: olímpio · dicionario.priberam.org · origin
Wikcionário: Olímpio · pt.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Olímpio

What does the name Olímpio mean?

The meaning of Olímpio is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Olímpio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,300 people with the first name Olímpio, which ranks it number 2,112 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Olímpio a boy's or a girl's name?

Olímpio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 31 women and 7,269 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Olímpio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Olímpio most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.007% of the state's population is named Olímpio (200 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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