Meaning of the namePerpétua

Female
Latin origin
Per-pé-tu-a

Perpétua is a female name of Latin origin, from the adjective perpetuus, meaning 'continuous, perpetual'.

Meaning

“continuous, perpetual”

Source: Behind the Name: Perpetua · Wiktionary: Perpetua (Spanish, from Latin)

People (2022): 3,744
Rank in Brazil: #3,347
Median age: 61 years
2010 Census: 5,153; people

Perpétua in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Perpétua, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (935 people).

3,722 women 22 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 Perpétua is most common

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

Piauí 0.006%
Ceará 0.004%
Amazonas 0.004%
Minas Gerais 0.004%
Maranhão 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	754	0.004%
São Paulo	459	0.001%
Ceará	378	0.004%
Bahia	271	0.002%
Piauí	207	0.006%
Maranhão	191	0.003%
Goiás	186	0.003%
Pará	183	0.002%
Amazonas	154	0.004%
Santa Catarina	137	0.002%
Paraná	119	0.001%
Pernambuco	110	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	106	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	97	0.001%
Tocantins	97	0.006%
Paraíba	50	0.001%
Distrito Federal	50	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	48	0.002%
Mato Grosso	35	0.001%
Roraima	21	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	19	0.001%
Espírito Santo	18	0.001%
Acre	17	0.002%
Rondônia	15	0.001%
Amapá	15	0.002%

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

About the name Perpétua

Perpétua is the Portuguese form of the Latin name Perpetua, derived from the adjective perpetuus, 'continuous'. Behind the Name gives this origin and lists Perpétua as the Portuguese form; Wiktionary records Perpetua as a name taken from Latin and, in Portuguese, perpétua as the feminine of the adjective perpétuo. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,744 people named Perpétua, with a median age of 61, almost always women and mostly born in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.

Sources

Behind the Name: Perpetua · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Perpetua (Spanish, from Latin) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: perpétua · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Perpétua

What does the name Perpétua mean?

Perpétua means “continuous, perpetual”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Perpétua in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,744 people with the first name Perpétua, which ranks it number 3,347 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Perpétua a boy's or a girl's name?

Perpétua is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,722 women and 22 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Perpétua?

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

In which Brazilian state is Perpétua most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.006% of the state's population is named Perpétua (207 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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