Meaning of the nameZezito

Zezito is a male name that seems to combine Zé, a short form of José, with the suffix -ito, which forms diminutives in Portuguese.

Meaning

The meaning of Zezito is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 2,483
Rank in Brazil: #4,441
Median age: 57 years
2010 Census: 2,958; people

Zezito in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Zezito, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (918 people).

0 women 2,480 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 Zezito is most common

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

Bahia 0.006%
Alagoas 0.004%
Paraíba 0.003%
Pernambuco 0.003%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	910	0.006%
São Paulo	428	0.001%
Pernambuco	240	0.003%
Minas Gerais	160	0.001%
Alagoas	131	0.004%
Paraíba	120	0.003%
Piauí	58	0.002%
Sergipe	56	0.003%
Ceará	51	0.001%
Goiás	46	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	40	0.000%
Pará	36	0.000%
Maranhão	31	0.001%
Espírito Santo	27	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	25	0.001%
Paraná	24	0.000%
Mato Grosso	24	0.001%
Distrito Federal	22	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	17	0.001%

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

About the name Zezito

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Zé- as a short form of José, which comes from the Hebrew Iosef and is glossed as '(God) adds goods'. Wiktionary describes -ito as a diminutive suffix, less commonly used than -inho. The formation of Zezito as a personal name is not securely documented; the reading Zé + -ito is based on the elements. The Dictionary records the similar name Zezinho. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,483 people named Zezito, almost all of them male and most of them born between 1950 and 1979; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Zé-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: -ito · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Zezinho · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Zezito

What does the name Zezito mean?

The meaning of Zezito is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Zezito in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,483 people with the first name Zezito, which ranks it number 4,441 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Zezito is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,480 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Zezito?

Zezito is a name of Portuguese origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Zezito most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.006% of the state's population is named Zezito (910 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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