The baby name Belmiro is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced bel-MEE-ro (Spanish/Portuguese: /belˈmiɾo/).
The baby name Belmiro is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced bel-MEE-ro (Spanish/Portuguese: /belˈmiɾo/).
Belmiro is in Origin.
Belmiro is a Portuguese and Galician masculine name rooted in medieval Iberia, shaped by Visigothic‑Germanic naming. It is widely analyzed as a contracted form of Baldemir/Baldomiro, from Proto‑Germanic bald “bold, brave” and mēri/meri “fame, renown.” The composite sense is “bold and renowned” or “brave fame,” matching the -miro/-mero element seen in Ramiro and Baldomero.
Records place Belmiro in northwestern Iberia from the Middle Ages onward, with continued though modest use in Portugal and later Brazil; a modern bearer is the Portuguese entrepreneur Belmiro de Azevedo (1938–2017). Variants and related forms include Baldomiro (Galician/Spanish), Baldomero (Spanish), Valdemar/Waldemar and Baldemar (cognates), and the rarer Belmir. The feminine counterpart Belmira occurs in Portuguese. Common short forms are Miro and Bel. Spelling is stable as Belmiro in Portuguese and Galician; Spanish alternates between Belmiro and Baldomiro.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AO | 0 | #71 | 7 | 2,729 | |
| MU | 0 | #137 | 1 | 3,613 | |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #176 | 68 | 5,568 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #201 | 201 | 7,951 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #216 | 5 | 4,970 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| PT | 0 | #245 | 6 | 4,161 | |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #296 | 62 | 8,477 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| France | Boys | 1976 | #310 | 4 | 1,346 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| BR | 0 | #360 | 1 | 5,969 | |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #622 | 1 | 9,244 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #694 | 58 | 12,213 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #919 | 12 | 5,610 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #978 | 4 | 15,656 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,155 | 24 | 25,619 |
Belmiro is popular in 17 countries — most recent births per country:
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