Meaning of the nameWashington

Male
English origin
Wa-shing-ton

Washington is a male name of English origin, coming from a place name and surname meaning 'settlement associated with Hwæssa and his people'.

Meaning

“settlement associated with Hwæssa and his people, from the English place name Washington”

Source: Wiktionary: Washington · Behind the Name: Washington

People (2022): 35,216
Rank in Brazil: #733
Median age: 39 years
2010 Census: 33,901; people

Washington in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Washington, 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 (9,603 people).

101 women 35,115 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 Washington is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	8,532	0.019%
Minas Gerais	6,503	0.032%
Rio de Janeiro	4,343	0.027%
Bahia	3,123	0.022%
Pernambuco	1,651	0.018%
Goiás	1,487	0.021%
Espírito Santo	1,038	0.027%
Ceará	929	0.011%
Maranhão	792	0.012%
Paraná	724	0.006%
Pará	711	0.009%
Distrito Federal	699	0.025%
Paraíba	631	0.016%
Rio Grande do Norte	549	0.017%
Amazonas	488	0.012%
Sergipe	458	0.021%
Piauí	429	0.013%
Alagoas	413	0.013%
Mato Grosso	376	0.010%
Santa Catarina	297	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	274	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	237	0.009%
Tocantins	217	0.014%
Rondônia	160	0.010%
Amapá	67	0.009%
Roraima	53	0.008%
Acre	35	0.004%

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

About the name Washington

Washington began as a place name in England, became a surname and then a given name. Wiktionary explains the place name, probably, from Old English Hwæssingatūn, formed from Hwæssa (a personal name of uncertain origin), -ing ('belonging to') and tūn ('estate, settlement'). Behind the Name sums up the meaning as 'settlement belonging to the people of Wassa' and lists Brazilian Portuguese among the uses of the given name. In Brazil, it is almost always male, and the records peak among those born in the 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 35,216 people named Washington, with a median age of 39; proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Washington

What does the name Washington mean?

Washington means “settlement associated with Hwæssa and his people, from the English place name Washington”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Washington in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 35,216 people with the first name Washington, which ranks it number 733 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Washington is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 101 women and 35,115 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Washington?

Washington is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Washington most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.032% of the state's population is named Washington (6,503 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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