Meaning of the namePablo

Pablo is a masculine name taken from Spanish, the Spanish form of Paulo, which comes from Latin Paulus, from paulus, 'small'.

Meaning

“small (from Latin Paulus, from paulus, 'small')”

Source: Wiktionary: Pablo · Wiktionary: Paulus

People (2022): 152,518
Rank in Brazil: #221
Median age: 20 years
2010 Census: 133,420; people

Pablo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Pablo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (57,829 people).

944 women 151,574 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 Pablo is most common

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

Rondônia 0.112%
Minas Gerais 0.100%
Amapá 0.099%
Roraima 0.096%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.094%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	28,380	0.064%
Minas Gerais	20,556	0.100%
Rio de Janeiro	14,870	0.093%
Rio Grande do Sul	10,186	0.094%
Bahia	9,670	0.068%
Paraná	7,806	0.068%
Pará	6,591	0.081%
Goiás	6,477	0.092%
Maranhão	5,966	0.088%
Santa Catarina	5,749	0.076%
Pernambuco	4,551	0.050%
Ceará	4,236	0.048%
Espírito Santo	3,349	0.087%
Mato Grosso	3,204	0.088%
Distrito Federal	2,533	0.090%
Amazonas	2,524	0.064%
Piauí	2,392	0.073%
Rio Grande do Norte	2,319	0.070%
Paraíba	1,944	0.049%
Rondônia	1,777	0.112%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,733	0.063%
Sergipe	1,391	0.063%
Tocantins	1,178	0.078%
Alagoas	1,165	0.037%
Amapá	724	0.099%
Acre	638	0.077%
Roraima	609	0.096%

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

About the name Pablo

Wiktionary records Pablo in Portuguese as a borrowing from Spanish Pablo and points to it as a parallel form of Paulo and of Italian Paolo, all from the same etymon. In Spanish, Pablo comes from Latin Paulus, which Wiktionary derives from the adjective paulus, 'small', and Behind the Name also gives it as the Spanish form of Paulus. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), points to the same Spanish origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 152,518 people named Pablo, with a median age of 20. Proportionally, it is most common in Rondônia.

Sources

Wiktionary: Pablo · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Paulus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Pablo · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Pablo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Pablo

What does the name Pablo mean?

Pablo means “small (from Latin Paulus, from paulus, 'small')”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Pablo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 152,518 people with the first name Pablo, which ranks it number 221 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Pablo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 944 women and 151,574 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Pablo?

Pablo is a name of Spanish and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Pablo most common?

Proportionally, in Rondônia: 0.112% of the state's population is named Pablo (1,777 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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