Moacir Explained

Moacir, also spelled Moacyr (pronounced as /pt/ or pronounced as /pt/), is a Brazilian masculine given name of Indigenous origin (from de Tupi–Guarani languages) and a character of the Brazilian novel Iracema.

Notable people with the name include:

• Moacir Barbosa Nascimento (1921–2000), nicknamed Barbosa, Brazilian footballer
• Moacyr Claudino Pinto da Silva (born 1936), nicknamed Moacir or Moacyr, Brazilian former footballer
• Moacir Costa da Silva (born 1986), nicknamed Moacir, Brazilian footballer
• Moacyr Brondi Daiuto (1915–1994), Brazilian basketball coach
• Moacyr Filho Domingos Demiquei (born 1981), nicknamed Moacyr Filho or Nenê, Brazilian footballer
• Moacyr Grechi OSM (1936–2019), Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop
• Moacyr José Vitti CSS (1940–2014), Roman Catholic archbishop
• Moacyr Scliar (1937–2011), Brazilian writer and physician