Meaning of the nameAlsira
- Female
- Al-si-ra
Alsira is a feminine name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists as a spelling variant of Alzira, recorded mostly among people born from 1940 to 1960.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 538 people named Alsira, the 12,709th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 70, and the largest group was born in the 1940s.
Meaning
The meaning of Alsira 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)
- 538
- Rank in Brazil
- #12,709
- Median age
- 70 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,817
- people
Alsira in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Alsira, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1940s (148 people).
534 women 0 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.
About the name Alsira
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Alsira among the spelling variants of Alzira. According to Wiktionary, Alzira is a Latinized form of Alzire, the title character of a play by Voltaire, who took the name from the Spanish city of Alzira, from Arabic al-Jazīra, 'the island'. The origin of the spelling Alsira with S is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 538 people named Alsira, with a median age of 70; most were born before 1970 and the name is almost always female.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Alzira · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Wiktionary: Alzira · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Alsira
What does the name Alsira mean?
The meaning of Alsira 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 Alsira in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 538 people with the first name Alsira, which ranks it number 12,709 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1940s.
Is Alsira a boy's or a girl's name?
Alsira is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 534 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
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