Meaning of the nameAlcinete
- Female
- Al-ci-ne-te
Alcinete is a female name that begins with Alci-, probably a fragment of names such as Alcione, and ends in -ete, a suffix of French origin.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,038 people named Alcinete, the 8,073rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 45, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.
Meaning
The meaning of Alcinete 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)
- 1,038
- Rank in Brazil
- #8,073
- Median age
- 45 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,129
- people
Alcinete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Alcinete, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (317 people).
1,018 women 20 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 Alcinete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Alcinete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Amazonas 0.007%
- Pará 0.001%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Amazonas | 259 | 0.007% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 158 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 111 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 72 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 53 | 0.000% |
| São Paulo | 46 | 0.000% |
| Acre | 42 | 0.005% |
| Amapá | 34 | 0.005% |
| Espírito Santo | 29 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 29 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 26 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 25 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 23 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 19 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 19 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 16 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Alcinete
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes Alci- as probably a fragment of traditional names such as Alcione, and -ete as a diminutive suffix coming from French -ette and Latin -eta. The exact division of Alcinete into these elements is not documented, and the meaning of the name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,038 people named Alcinete, with a median age of 45. The name is almost always female, born mostly in the 1960s to 1980s, and proportionally most common in Amazonas.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Alci-, -ete) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Alcinete
What does the name Alcinete mean?
The meaning of Alcinete 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 Alcinete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,038 people with the first name Alcinete, which ranks it number 8,073 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Alcinete a boy's or a girl's name?
Alcinete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,018 women and 20 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Alcinete most common?
Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.007% of the state's population is named Alcinete (259 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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