Meaning of the nameUbiratan

Male
Tupi origin
U-bi-ra-tan

Ubiratan is a male name of Tupi origin, a variant of Ubiratã, formed from ybyrá and atã and understood as 'hard tree' or 'strong spear'.

Meaning

“hard tree or strong spear (ybyrá + atã)”

Source: Wiktionary: Ubiratã · Behind the Name: Ubiratan

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People (2022): 8,647
Rank in Brazil: #1,890
Median age: 50 years
2010 Census: 10,614; people

Ubiratan in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ubiratan, 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 (2,315 people).

25 women 8,622 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 Ubiratan is most common

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

Rio de Janeiro 0.010%
Bahia 0.010%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.009%
Pernambuco 0.008%
Sergipe 0.006%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio de Janeiro	1,607	0.010%
Bahia	1,344	0.010%
São Paulo	1,228	0.003%
Pernambuco	694	0.008%
Minas Gerais	463	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	459	0.004%
Goiás	341	0.005%
Maranhão	287	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	285	0.009%
Paraná	234	0.002%
Paraíba	225	0.006%
Santa Catarina	188	0.003%
Pará	177	0.002%
Alagoas	174	0.006%
Ceará	147	0.002%
Distrito Federal	144	0.005%
Sergipe	133	0.006%
Espírito Santo	117	0.003%
Piauí	83	0.003%
Mato Grosso	70	0.002%
Tocantins	61	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	53	0.002%
Amazonas	46	0.001%
Amapá	31	0.004%
Rondônia	28	0.002%
Roraima	16	0.003%

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

About the name Ubiratan

According to Wiktionary, Ubiratã is a name formed from Old Tupi words, ybyrá, 'tree', and atã, 'hard', and was probably created by José de Alencar, who used the word as the name of a plant in the novels Iracema and Ubirajara. Behind the Name reads the same elements as 'strong spear', since ybyrá also means stick or spear. Ubiratan is the variant ending in -n. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,647 people named Ubiratan, with a median age of 50. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Sources

Wiktionary: Ubiratan · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Ubiratã · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Ubiratan · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ubiratan · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Ubiratan

What does the name Ubiratan mean?

Ubiratan means “hard tree or strong spear (ybyrá + atã)”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Ubiratan in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,647 people with the first name Ubiratan, which ranks it number 1,890 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Ubiratan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 25 women and 8,622 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ubiratan?

Ubiratan is a name of Tupi origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ubiratan most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.010% of the state's population is named Ubiratan (1,607 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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