Meaning of the nameYago
- Male
- Hebrew origin
- Ya-go
- Biblical name
Yago is a spelling of the name Iago, which means “form of Jacó (Jacob), 'one who holds the heel' or 'supplanter'”.
Meaning
“form of Jacó (Jacob), 'one who holds the heel' or 'supplanter'”
Meaning of the name Iago, of which Yago is a spelling.
Source: Wiktionary: Iago · Behind the Name: Jacob
- People (2022)
- 59,149
- Rank in Brazil
- #509
- Median age
- 14 years
- 2010 Census
- 28,859
- people
Yago in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Yago, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (20,300 people).
449 women 58,700 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 Yago is most common
States with the highest share of people named Yago in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio de Janeiro 0.052%
- Amazonas 0.037%
- Espírito Santo 0.036%
- Pará 0.034%
- Distrito Federal 0.033%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 14,493 | 0.033% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 8,290 | 0.052% |
| Minas Gerais | 5,845 | 0.029% |
| Bahia | 3,239 | 0.023% |
| Pará | 2,777 | 0.034% |
| Paraná | 2,737 | 0.024% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 2,721 | 0.025% |
| Ceará | 2,005 | 0.023% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,912 | 0.025% |
| Goiás | 1,877 | 0.027% |
| Pernambuco | 1,751 | 0.019% |
| Maranhão | 1,702 | 0.025% |
| Amazonas | 1,459 | 0.037% |
| Espírito Santo | 1,377 | 0.036% |
| Distrito Federal | 924 | 0.033% |
| Paraíba | 842 | 0.021% |
| Mato Grosso | 823 | 0.023% |
| Piauí | 779 | 0.024% |
| Alagoas | 654 | 0.021% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 634 | 0.019% |
| Sergipe | 627 | 0.028% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 475 | 0.017% |
| Tocantins | 290 | 0.019% |
| Rondônia | 289 | 0.018% |
| Acre | 240 | 0.029% |
| Amapá | 223 | 0.030% |
| Roraima | 164 | 0.026% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Yago
With an initial Y, it is the same spelling as the Spanish Yago, from which Wiktionary says the Portuguese name came.
About the name Iago
According to Wiktionary, Iago was taken from the Spanish Yago, which goes back to Latin Iācōbus, Greek Ἰάκωβος and Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Jacó); it is a divergent form of Jacó, Jaime and Tiago. Behind the Name gives Jacob the meaning 'one who holds the heel' or 'supplanter', tied to the account of the patriarch's birth in Genesis, and mentions other theories, such as 'may God protect'. José Pedro Machado, quoted by the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), attributes the use of the name to the character in Shakespeare's Othello. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 79,769 people named Iago, with a median age of 17; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Other spellings of Iago
Sources
- Wiktionary: Iago · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Jacob · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Iago · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Iago · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Wiktionary: Yago · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Questions about the name Yago
What does the name Yago mean?
Yago means “form of Jacó (Jacob), 'one who holds the heel' or 'supplanter'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Iago, of which Yago is a spelling.
How many people are named Yago in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 59,149 people with the first name Yago, which ranks it number 509 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Yago a boy's or a girl's name?
Yago is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 449 women and 58,700 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Yago?
Yago is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Yago most common?
Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.052% of the state's population is named Yago (8,290 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Yago?
Iago, Hiago and Hyago. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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