Meaning of the namePetrônio

Male
Latin origin
Pe-trô-ni-o

Petrônio is a male name that comes from the Roman family name Petronius, whose origin and meaning are debated.

Meaning

The meaning of Petrônio 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): 4,472
Rank in Brazil: #2,968
Median age: 48 years
2010 Census: 5,455; people

Petrônio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Petrônio, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (1,093 people).

0 women 4,458 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 Petrônio is most common

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

Paraíba 0.018%
Pernambuco 0.007%
Alagoas 0.006%
Piauí 0.004%
Distrito Federal 0.004%

All states

State	People	% of population
Paraíba	717	0.018%
Pernambuco	659	0.007%
Minas Gerais	655	0.003%
São Paulo	499	0.001%
Bahia	344	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	216	0.001%
Alagoas	187	0.006%
Goiás	185	0.003%
Piauí	127	0.004%
Distrito Federal	109	0.004%
Ceará	97	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	97	0.003%
Maranhão	87	0.001%
Amazonas	78	0.002%
Pará	75	0.001%
Paraná	51	0.000%
Mato Grosso	45	0.001%
Tocantins	38	0.003%
Espírito Santo	32	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	31	0.001%
Sergipe	31	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	27	0.000%
Santa Catarina	27	0.000%
Rondônia	24	0.002%
Roraima	24	0.004%

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

About the name Petrônio

Wiktionary records Petrônio as the Brazilian form of the Roman name Petronius, which was a family name (nomen gentile), and says its origin is debated: it may have been taken from an Oscan-Umbrian language or come from Latin petrō, 'rustic'. Behind the Name describes it as a Roman family name, possibly from Latin petro, 'rustic person of the countryside'. For this reason the meaning of the name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,472 people named Petrônio, with a median age of 48. Births are concentrated in the 1960s to 1980s, and the name is almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraíba.

Sources

Wiktionary: Petronius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Petronius · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Petrônio

What does the name Petrônio mean?

The meaning of Petrônio 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 Petrônio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,472 people with the first name Petrônio, which ranks it number 2,968 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Petrônio a boy's or a girl's name?

Petrônio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 4,458 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Petrônio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Petrônio most common?

Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.018% of the state's population is named Petrônio (717 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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