Meaning of the nameAlzira

Alzira is a feminine name of Arabic origin, linked to al-Jazīra, 'the island', through the name of the Spanish city of Alzira and Voltaire's play Alzire.

Meaning

“the island (from the Arabic al-Jazīra, through the name of a Spanish city)”

Source: Wiktionary: Alzira

People (2022): 42,270
Rank in Brazil: #639
Median age: 70 years
2010 Census: 64,386; people

Alzira in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Alzira, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (10,988 people).

42,052 women 218 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 Alzira is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	11,032	0.025%
Minas Gerais	4,198	0.020%
Paraná	3,589	0.031%
Rio de Janeiro	3,222	0.020%
Bahia	3,173	0.022%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,734	0.025%
Santa Catarina	2,195	0.029%
Pernambuco	1,323	0.015%
Espírito Santo	1,218	0.032%
Goiás	1,120	0.016%
Pará	1,089	0.013%
Ceará	920	0.011%
Maranhão	834	0.012%
Mato Grosso	790	0.022%
Piauí	738	0.023%
Paraíba	695	0.018%
Mato Grosso do Sul	659	0.024%
Amazonas	503	0.013%
Rio Grande do Norte	473	0.014%
Rondônia	400	0.025%
Distrito Federal	395	0.014%
Alagoas	270	0.009%
Tocantins	260	0.017%
Sergipe	185	0.008%
Acre	113	0.014%
Amapá	84	0.011%
Roraima	58	0.009%

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

About the name Alzira

According to Wiktionary, Alzira is the Latinized form of Alzire, the title character of Voltaire's play Alzire (1736). Voltaire took the name from the Spanish city of Alzira, whose name comes from the Arabic الجزيرة (al-Jazīra), 'the island'. Behind the Name also treats it as a form of Alzire and mentions Verdi's opera Alzira (1845), based on the play. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 42,270 people named Alzira, with a median age of 70. Proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Alzira

What does the name Alzira mean?

Alzira means “the island (from the Arabic al-Jazīra, through the name of a Spanish city)”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Alzira in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 42,270 people with the first name Alzira, which ranks it number 639 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Alzira is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 42,052 women and 218 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Alzira?

Alzira is a name of Arabic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Alzira most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.032% of the state's population is named Alzira (1,218 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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