Meaning of the nameSaturnino

Male
Latin origin
Sa-tur-ni-no

Saturnino is a male name of Latin origin, coming from the Roman cognomen Saturninus, derived from the name of the god Saturn.

Meaning

“derived from Saturn, Roman god of fertility and agriculture”

Source: Behind the Name: Saturninus · Wiktionary: Saturnus

People (2022): 2,374
Rank in Brazil: #4,553
Median age: 65 years
2010 Census: 3,695; people

Saturnino in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Saturnino, 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 (640 people).

0 women 2,366 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 Saturnino is most common

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

Bahia 0.003%
Maranhão 0.002%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	422	0.003%
São Paulo	389	0.001%
Minas Gerais	240	0.001%
Maranhão	150	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	108	0.001%
Pará	99	0.001%
Paraná	89	0.001%
Piauí	87	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	85	0.001%
Goiás	83	0.001%
Santa Catarina	80	0.001%
Mato Grosso	79	0.002%
Pernambuco	78	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	77	0.003%
Ceará	62	0.001%
Amazonas	45	0.001%
Paraíba	40	0.001%
Distrito Federal	30	0.001%
Espírito Santo	26	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	25	0.001%
Alagoas	24	0.001%
Tocantins	22	0.002%

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

About the name Saturnino

Saturnino comes from Latin Saturninus, a Roman cognomen derived from Saturnus, the name of the Roman god of fertility and agriculture, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary. Wiktionary shows that the Spanish Saturnino is a learned borrowing from Latin Saturninus, formed with the suffix -inus, and Behind the Name says that Italian, Portuguese and Spanish use the form Saturnino. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,374 people named Saturnino, with a median age of 65, almost always male. Births are concentrated in the 1940s through the 1960s, and, proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

Behind the Name: Saturninus · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Saturnus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Saturnino · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wikcionário: Saturnino · pt.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Saturnino

What does the name Saturnino mean?

Saturnino means “derived from Saturn, Roman god of fertility and agriculture”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Saturnino in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,374 people with the first name Saturnino, which ranks it number 4,553 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Saturnino is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,366 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Saturnino?

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

In which Brazilian state is Saturnino most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Saturnino (422 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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