Meaning of the nameVinicio

Male
Latin origin
Vi-ni-ci-o

Vinicio is a male name, the Italian and Spanish form of the Roman family name Vinicius, which perhaps comes from Latin vinum, 'wine'.

Meaning

The meaning of Vinicio 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): 7,037
Rank in Brazil: #2,162
Median age: 21 years
2010 Census: 11,055; people

Vinicio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Vinicio, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (2,358 people).

66 women 6,971 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 Vinicio is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,339	0.003%
Minas Gerais	872	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	542	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	460	0.003%
Santa Catarina	425	0.006%
Bahia	402	0.003%
Paraná	383	0.003%
Goiás	293	0.004%
Pará	256	0.003%
Pernambuco	250	0.003%
Ceará	225	0.003%
Mato Grosso	218	0.006%
Amazonas	193	0.005%
Espírito Santo	165	0.004%
Paraíba	143	0.004%
Rondônia	137	0.009%
Maranhão	134	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	115	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	86	0.003%
Distrito Federal	83	0.003%
Alagoas	77	0.003%
Piauí	57	0.002%
Tocantins	50	0.003%
Sergipe	35	0.002%
Acre	35	0.004%
Roraima	34	0.005%
Amapá	28	0.004%

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

About the name Vinicio

According to Behind the Name, Vinicio is the Italian and Spanish form of Vinicius, a Roman family name possibly derived from Latin vinum, 'wine'; Wiktionary also gives Italian Vinicio from Latin Vīnicius and links Vinicius to vinum only as a possibility, so the meaning of the name is uncertain. The Portuguese form of the same name is Vinícius, with an accent. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,037 people named Vinicio, with a median age of 21. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, it is most common in Rondônia.

Sources

Wiktionary: Vinicio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Vinicius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Vinicio · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Vinicio

What does the name Vinicio mean?

The meaning of Vinicio 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 Vinicio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,037 people with the first name Vinicio, which ranks it number 2,162 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Vinicio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 66 women and 6,971 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Vinicio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Vinicio most common?

Proportionally, in Rondônia: 0.009% of the state's population is named Vinicio (137 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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