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Meaning of the nameOnorio

Onorio is a spelling of the name Honório, which means “honor, esteem, dignity”.

Meaning

“honor, esteem, dignity”

Meaning of the name Honório, of which Onorio is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Honorius · Wiktionary: Honorius

People (2022)
1,447
Rank in Brazil
#6,424
Median age
64 years
2010 Census
2,883
people

Onorio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Onorio, 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 (383 people).

0 women 1,440 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 Onorio is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  3. Paraná 0.001%
  4. Bahia 0.001%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2190.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1730.002%
Minas Gerais1480.001%
Santa Catarina1220.002%
Bahia1100.001%
Paraná1000.001%
Rio de Janeiro660.000%
Espírito Santo630.002%
Pará610.001%
Mato Grosso540.002%
Maranhão480.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul450.002%
Goiás430.001%
Ceará410.001%
Piauí260.001%
Amazonas250.001%
Pernambuco220.000%
Distrito Federal160.001%
Rio Grande do Norte150.001%

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

The spelling Onorio

It loses the initial H, which is not pronounced, and appears without an accent in IBGE records. It matches the Italian form Onorio.

About the name Honório

Behind the Name explains Honorius as a Roman name linked to honor, 'honor, esteem, dignity', and Wiktionary derives Latin Honōrius from honōrus, 'worthy of honor'. Wiktionary lists Honório among the Portuguese descendants of Latin Honōrius, and Behind the Name gives Honorio as the Spanish form of the same name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,705 people named Honório, with a median age of 63. Onorio, without the H, corresponds to the Italian form Onorio, also from Latin Honōrius.

Other spellings of Honório

SpellingPeople (2022)
Honório2,705
Onorio1,447

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Honorius · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Honorius · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Honorio · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Wiktionary: Onorio · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Onorio

What does the name Onorio mean?

Onorio means “honor, esteem, dignity”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Honório, of which Onorio is a spelling.

How many people are named Onorio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,447 people with the first name Onorio, which ranks it number 6,424 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Onorio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,440 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Onorio?

Onorio is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Onorio most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Onorio (173 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Onorio?

Honório. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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