Meaning of the nameAlain

Alain is the French form of a male name of Old Breton origin, Alan, whose meaning is disputed and not known for certain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,521 people named Alain, the 6,194th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 41, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Meaning

The meaning of Alain 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): 1,521
Rank in Brazil: #6,194
Median age: 41 years
2010 Census: 1,422; people

Alain in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Alain, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (423 people).

41 women 1,480 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 Alain is most common

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

Amazonas 0.003%
Pará 0.002%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
Bahia 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	261	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	136	0.001%
Minas Gerais	127	0.001%
Pará	124	0.002%
Bahia	117	0.001%
Amazonas	102	0.003%
Paraná	82	0.001%
Santa Catarina	62	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	58	0.001%
Maranhão	52	0.001%
Goiás	45	0.001%
Ceará	36	0.000%
Pernambuco	33	0.000%
Paraíba	33	0.001%
Distrito Federal	27	0.001%
Mato Grosso	26	0.001%
Alagoas	26	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	23	0.001%
Piauí	22	0.001%
Espírito Santo	21	0.001%
Amapá	20	0.003%
Sergipe	16	0.001%
Tocantins	16	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	15	0.001%
Roraima	15	0.002%

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

About the name Alain

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil classifies Alain as a loanword from French, and Wiktionary links it to Old Breton Alan, of disputed origin. Behind the Name describes it as a French form of Alan. The meaning is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,521 people named Alain, with a median age of 41. The name is almost always male, and most of the people recorded were born in the 1970s and 1980s. Alaim and Alayn appear as spelling variants in the dictionary.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Alain · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Alain · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Alan · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Alain · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Alain

What does the name Alain mean?

The meaning of Alain 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 Alain in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,521 people with the first name Alain, which ranks it number 6,194 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Alain is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 41 women and 1,480 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Alain?

Alain is a name of French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Alain most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.003% of the state's population is named Alain (102 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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