Médicis

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Médicis is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Brazil. Recorded meaning: Le Médicis est le plus récent des grands prix littéraires, mais il s’est très vite imposé même si les auteurs primés ne sont pas tous connus du grand public car ce prix est né de la volonté de primer.

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Le Médicis est le plus récent des grands prix littéraires, mais il s’est très vite imposé même si les auteurs primés ne sont pas tous connus du grand public car ce prix est né de la volonté de primer des auteurs plus « difficiles » que ceux qui se voyaient couronnés par les prix plus anciens. Le Médicis est aussi beaucoup plus éclectique puisque, à l’opposé des autres grands prix, il ne couronne pas seulement des romans mais aussi des recueils de nouvelles et des récits, pour autant qu’ils apportent un ton ou un style nouveau. Le jury est aussi beaucoup plus spécialisé puisqu’il regroupe des auteurs qui se livrent à plus de « recherches » dans leurs écrits. Il est aussi le moins misogyne (Fémina mis à part, bien entendu), puisque l’on y compte pratiquement autant de femmes que d’hommes. Le jury proclame ses lauréats le quatrième lundi de novembre. Les auteurs sont assurés d’un tirage supplémentaire de 15 000 exemplaires minimum, pouvant aller, dans certains cas, jusqu’à 150 000. Gallimard, Grasset et Le Seuil « trustent » la majorité des prix : 6/30 pour Gallimard, 7/30 pour Le Seuil, 8/30 pour Grasset. Depuis 1970, le Prix Médicis s’est adjoint un Médicis étranger pour couronner un ouvrage étranger paru en France. Parmi les lauréats, Umberto Eco et Elsa Morante. Depuis peu, il a même été décidé de créer un Médicis-Essai.

Sources 1

  • 2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Médicis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Médicis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spelling
BR Brazil—51—
ES Spain—42—
EC Ecuador—1—
UY Uruguay—1—
US United States—listed—

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024); Montevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Médicis is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Colombia, Mexico, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, English

    Also written Medicis, Mèdicis

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Italy, Canada

    Also written Medicis

6 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Médicis under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Médicis mean?
Recorded meaning: Le Médicis est le plus récent des grands prix littéraires, mais il s’est très vite imposé même si les auteurs primés ne sont pas tous connus du grand public car ce prix est né de la volonté de primer…
In which country does Médicis have the most bearers?
Médicis is most frequently recorded in Brazil.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Médicis”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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