Meaning of the nameVenâncio

Male
Latin origin
Ve-nân-ci-o

Venâncio is a male name of Latin origin, the Portuguese spelling of Venancio, from the Latin Venantius, linked to venans, 'hunting, pursuing'.

Meaning

“form of Venancio, from the Latin Venantius, linked to venans, 'hunting, pursuing'”

Source: Behind the Name: Venantius

People (2022): 4,659
Rank in Brazil: #2,879
Median age: 43 years
2010 Census: 6,207; people

Venâncio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Venâncio, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (914 people).

25 women 4,634 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 Venâncio is most common

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

Piauí 0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.005%
Bahia 0.004%
Mato Grosso 0.003%
Espírito Santo 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	753	0.002%
Bahia	543	0.004%
Minas Gerais	463	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	251	0.002%
Ceará	240	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	232	0.002%
Pará	227	0.003%
Goiás	196	0.003%
Maranhão	179	0.003%
Piauí	170	0.005%
Pernambuco	157	0.002%
Paraná	156	0.001%
Santa Catarina	126	0.002%
Mato Grosso	125	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	124	0.005%
Paraíba	120	0.003%
Espírito Santo	118	0.003%
Amazonas	99	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	84	0.003%
Sergipe	64	0.003%
Distrito Federal	52	0.002%
Tocantins	42	0.003%
Rondônia	40	0.003%
Alagoas	33	0.001%
Roraima	32	0.005%
Amapá	20	0.003%

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

About the name Venâncio

Wiktionary gives Venâncio as an alternative form of Venancio in the Portuguese section. Behind the Name gives Venancio as the Spanish form of Venantius, a name from the Latin venans, 'hunting, pursuing'; Wiktionary traces the Spanish form to a Latin hunting term, venator, 'hunter'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,659 people named Venâncio, with a median age of 43. The name is almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.

Sources

Wiktionary: Venancio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Venantius · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Venancio · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary (pt): Venâncio · pt.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Venâncio

What does the name Venâncio mean?

Venâncio means “form of Venancio, from the Latin Venantius, linked to venans, 'hunting, pursuing'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Venâncio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,659 people with the first name Venâncio, which ranks it number 2,879 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Venâncio a boy's or a girl's name?

Venâncio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 25 women and 4,634 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Venâncio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Venâncio most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.005% of the state's population is named Venâncio (170 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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