Meaning of the nameSérgio

Male
Latin origin
Sér-gi-o

Sérgio is a male name of Latin origin, from the Roman family name Sergius, whose origin and meaning are uncertain.

Meaning

The meaning of Sérgio 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): 357,718
Rank in Brazil: #78
Median age: 50 years
2010 Census: 404,991; people

Sérgio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Sérgio, 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 (96,630 people).

1,061 women 356,657 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 Sérgio is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	100,219	0.226%
Rio de Janeiro	46,956	0.293%
Minas Gerais	35,734	0.174%
Rio Grande do Sul	27,974	0.257%
Paraná	26,381	0.231%
Santa Catarina	17,280	0.227%
Bahia	16,268	0.115%
Pernambuco	13,089	0.145%
Goiás	8,927	0.127%
Pará	8,019	0.099%
Espírito Santo	6,341	0.165%
Ceará	6,263	0.071%
Mato Grosso	5,145	0.141%
Mato Grosso do Sul	4,806	0.174%
Maranhão	4,799	0.071%
Distrito Federal	4,174	0.148%
Paraíba	4,126	0.104%
Amazonas	4,110	0.104%
Alagoas	3,269	0.105%
Rio Grande do Norte	3,153	0.096%
Sergipe	2,659	0.120%
Rondônia	2,385	0.151%
Piauí	2,332	0.071%
Tocantins	1,347	0.089%
Acre	692	0.083%
Amapá	640	0.087%
Roraima	630	0.099%

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

About the name Sérgio

Sérgio comes from Latin Sergius, the name of a Roman patrician family. Wiktionary says the meaning of Sergius is obscure and that it perhaps comes from Etruscan, and Behind the Name says the name possibly means 'servant' in Latin, but that an unknown Etruscan origin is more likely. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), states that the name spread in modern times through French influence (Serge). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 357,718 people named Sérgio, with a median age of 50, and the name is almost always male.

Sources

Wiktionary: Sérgio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Sergius · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Sérgio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Sergio · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Wiktionary: Sergius · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Sérgio

What does the name Sérgio mean?

The meaning of Sérgio 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 Sérgio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 357,718 people with the first name Sérgio, which ranks it number 78 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Sérgio a boy's or a girl's name?

Sérgio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,061 women and 356,657 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Sérgio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Sérgio most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.293% of the state's population is named Sérgio (46,956 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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