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Meaning of the namePlínio

Plínio is a male name of Latin origin, coming from Plinius, a Roman family name whose origin Wiktionary considers obscure.

Meaning

The meaning of Plínio 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)
12,744
Rank in Brazil
#1,441
Median age
47 years
2010 Census
16,069
people

Plínio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Plínio, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (2,406 people).

47 women 12,697 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 Plínio is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.013%
  2. Distrito Federal 0.009%
  3. São Paulo 0.007%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.007%
  5. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.007%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3,2490.007%
Minas Gerais1,4880.007%
Rio Grande do Sul1,4310.013%
Rio de Janeiro8890.006%
Bahia8410.006%
Paraná7050.006%
Santa Catarina5240.007%
Pernambuco5060.006%
Goiás4800.007%
Distrito Federal2410.009%
Espírito Santo2380.006%
Pará2320.003%
Ceará2290.003%
Mato Grosso2250.006%
Maranhão2160.003%
Amazonas2090.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul1990.007%
Alagoas1410.005%
Paraíba1280.003%
Rio Grande do Norte1240.004%
Piauí1190.004%
Sergipe1190.005%
Rondônia750.005%
Tocantins610.004%
Acre320.004%
Roraima250.004%
Amapá180.003%

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

About the name Plínio

Plínio is a learned borrowing from Latin Plīnius, according to Wiktionary, and corresponds to English Pliny. Plinius was the name of a Roman family, the gens Plinia, of obscure origin: Wiktionary cites as hypotheses an Insubrian (Gaulish) root plina or a northern Italian word for 'bald', and Behind the Name says the meaning is unknown. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,744 people named Plínio, with a median age of 47; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Plínio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Plinius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Pliny · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Plínio

What does the name Plínio mean?

The meaning of Plínio 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 Plínio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,744 people with the first name Plínio, which ranks it number 1,441 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Plínio a boy's or a girl's name?

Plínio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 47 women and 12,697 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Plínio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Plínio most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.013% of the state's population is named Plínio (1,431 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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