Meaning of the nameOracio

Male
Latin origin
O-ra-ci-o

Oracio is a spelling of the name Horácio.

Meaning

The meaning of Oracio 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): 2,464
Rank in Brazil: #4,456
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 3,928; people

Oracio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Oracio, 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 (503 people).

0 women 2,456 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 Oracio is most common

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

Paraná 0.002%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
Pernambuco 0.001%
Bahia 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	523	0.001%
Minas Gerais	284	0.001%
Bahia	186	0.001%
Paraná	167	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	157	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	135	0.001%
Pernambuco	126	0.001%
Pará	101	0.001%
Ceará	100	0.001%
Goiás	97	0.001%
Mato Grosso	81	0.002%
Santa Catarina	69	0.001%
Maranhão	68	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	65	0.002%
Amazonas	59	0.002%
Paraíba	36	0.001%
Espírito Santo	33	0.001%
Piauí	33	0.001%
Tocantins	27	0.002%
Distrito Federal	26	0.001%
Sergipe	22	0.001%
Rondônia	18	0.001%
Alagoas	15	0.001%

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

The spelling Oracio

Writes the name without the initial H and without the accent; the records are concentrated among people born before the 1970s.

About the name Horácio

Horácio is the Portuguese form of Latin Horatius, the name of a Roman gens. Wiktionary says Horatius is possibly a Latinized Etruscan name; Behind the Name links it, with reservation, to Latin hora, 'hour, time, season', and also allows an Etruscan origin. For this reason the meaning of the name is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,213 people named Horácio, with a median age of 60. The name is almost always male.

Other spellings of Horácio

Spelling	People (2022)
Horácio	5,213
Oracio	2,464

Sources

Wiktionary: Horácio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Horatius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Horatius · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Horace · behindthename.com · spelling

Questions about the name Oracio

What does the name Oracio mean?

The meaning of Oracio 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 Oracio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,464 people with the first name Oracio, which ranks it number 4,456 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Oracio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,456 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Oracio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Oracio most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.002% of the state's population is named Oracio (167 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Oracio?

Horácio. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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