Meaning of the nameVinícius

Male
Latin origin
Vi-ní-ci-us

Vinícius is a male name taken from the Roman family name Vinicius, perhaps linked to Latin vinum, 'wine'.

Meaning

The meaning of Vinícius 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): 392,108
Rank in Brazil: #70
Median age: 21 years
2010 Census: 304,822; people

Vinícius in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Vinícius, 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 (143,854 people).

2,539 women 389,569 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 Vinícius is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	125,783	0.283%
Minas Gerais	40,258	0.196%
Rio de Janeiro	30,172	0.188%
Paraná	28,536	0.249%
Rio Grande do Sul	25,260	0.232%
Santa Catarina	20,025	0.263%
Bahia	19,530	0.138%
Pernambuco	13,232	0.146%
Goiás	10,802	0.153%
Pará	8,864	0.109%
Ceará	7,145	0.081%
Espírito Santo	7,131	0.186%
Distrito Federal	6,829	0.242%
Mato Grosso do Sul	6,070	0.220%
Maranhão	6,029	0.089%
Mato Grosso	5,895	0.161%
Amazonas	5,333	0.135%
Paraíba	4,936	0.124%
Alagoas	3,941	0.126%
Rio Grande do Norte	3,824	0.116%
Sergipe	3,091	0.140%
Piauí	2,571	0.079%
Rondônia	2,489	0.157%
Tocantins	1,707	0.113%
Amapá	1,012	0.138%
Roraima	832	0.131%
Acre	811	0.098%

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

About the name Vinícius

According to Wiktionary, Vinícius is a learned borrowing from Latin Vīnicius, the name of a Roman gens. Wiktionary and Behind the Name link this family name, with reservation, to Latin vinum, 'wine', and the etymology remains uncertain. Vini is the diminutive recorded in Wiktionary, which also lists Vinícios as an alternative form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 392,108 people named Vinícius, with a median age of 21. It is an almost always male name, with the largest group born in the 2000s.

Sources

Wiktionary: Vinícius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Vinicius (Latin) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Vinicio · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Vinicius · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vinicius · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Vinícius

What does the name Vinícius mean?

The meaning of Vinícius 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 Vinícius in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 392,108 people with the first name Vinícius, which ranks it number 70 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Vinícius a boy's or a girl's name?

Vinícius is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 2,539 women and 389,569 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Vinícius?

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

In which Brazilian state is Vinícius most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.283% of the state's population is named Vinícius (125,783 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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