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Meaning of the nameWagner

Wagner is a male name of German origin, taken from the surname Wagner, 'wagon maker', and pronounced with a V sound in Brazil.

Meaning

“wagon maker”

Source: Behind the Name: Wagner

People (2022)
123,471
Rank in Brazil
#264
Median age
40 years
2010 Census
125,368
people

Wagner in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Wagner, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (42,048 people).

399 women 123,072 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 Wagner is most common

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

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.095%
  2. São Paulo 0.085%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.082%
  4. Espírito Santo 0.081%
  5. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.071%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo37,9050.085%
Minas Gerais16,9240.082%
Rio de Janeiro15,3180.095%
Paraná7,8890.069%
Rio Grande do Sul6,5810.061%
Santa Catarina4,2690.056%
Goiás3,6570.052%
Bahia3,6180.026%
Pernambuco3,5970.040%
Espírito Santo3,1030.081%
Pará2,9930.037%
Ceará2,2450.026%
Mato Grosso2,0110.055%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,9660.071%
Paraíba1,6500.042%
Distrito Federal1,5620.055%
Maranhão1,3400.020%
Alagoas1,2650.040%
Rio Grande do Norte1,2060.037%
Amazonas1,0800.027%
Sergipe1,0230.046%
Piauí6370.020%
Rondônia6180.039%
Tocantins5410.036%
Amapá2050.028%
Roraima1700.027%
Acre980.012%

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

About the name Wagner

Behind the Name records Wagner as a Brazilian given name coming from the German surname Wagner, 'wagon maker', and cites Vagner as a variant. Wiktionary explains the German surname from Middle High German wagener, from Old High German waganāri, formed from Wagen, 'wagon', and the suffix -er. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil gives Wagnner as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 123,471 people named Wagner, with a median age of 40; proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Wagner · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Wagner (German) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Wagner · en.wiktionary.org · usage
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Wagner · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vagner · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Wagner

What does the name Wagner mean?

Wagner means “wagon maker”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Wagner in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 123,471 people with the first name Wagner, which ranks it number 264 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Wagner is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 399 women and 123,072 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Wagner?

Wagner is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Wagner most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.095% of the state's population is named Wagner (15,318 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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