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Meaning of the nameSivirino

Sivirino is a masculine name of uncertain origin, a spelling that recalls Severino, recorded mostly among people born up to the 1980s.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,098 people named Sivirino, the 4,945th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 64, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.

Meaning

The meaning of Sivirino is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
2,098
Rank in Brazil
#4,945
Median age
64 years
2010 Census
2,626
people

Sivirino in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Sivirino, 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 (570 people).

0 women 2,088 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 Sivirino is most common

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

  1. Pernambuco 0.007%
  2. Paraíba 0.007%
  3. Rio Grande do Norte 0.006%
  4. Alagoas 0.005%
  5. Bahia 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pernambuco5900.007%
Paraíba2590.007%
Rio Grande do Norte1960.006%
Bahia1550.001%
Alagoas1430.005%
São Paulo1250.000%
Rio de Janeiro1130.001%
Ceará960.001%
Goiás750.001%
Pará630.001%
Maranhão480.001%
Minas Gerais320.000%
Piauí300.001%
Tocantins280.002%
Mato Grosso260.001%
Amazonas220.001%
Sergipe220.001%
Paraná150.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul150.001%
Distrito Federal150.001%

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

About the name Sivirino

The origin of the spelling Sivirino is uncertain. It recalls Severino, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), derives from Latin Severinu, formed from Severo. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,098 people named Sivirino, with a median age of 64; proportionally, the name is most common in Pernambuco. It is almost always a male name.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Severino · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Sivirino

What does the name Sivirino mean?

The meaning of Sivirino is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Sivirino in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,098 people with the first name Sivirino, which ranks it number 4,945 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Sivirino is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,088 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Sivirino most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.007% of the state's population is named Sivirino (590 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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