Meaning of the nameAnete
- Female
- A-ne-te
Anete is a female name that Behind the Name records as the Latvian form of Annette; in Brazil, the Dicionário de Nomes links it to the spelling variant Annete.
Meaning
The meaning of Anete is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 4,417
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,989
- Median age
- 58 years
- 2010 Census
- 5,358
- people
Anete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Anete, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,367 people).
4,393 women 24 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 Anete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Anete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.005%
- Amazonas 0.003%
- Minas Gerais 0.003%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 801 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 664 | 0.005% |
| Minas Gerais | 634 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 477 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 308 | 0.003% |
| Santa Catarina | 185 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 162 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 156 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 138 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 134 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 94 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 80 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 78 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 68 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 67 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 62 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso | 52 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 49 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 36 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 33 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 32 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 29 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 24 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 21 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Anete
Behind the Name presents Anete as the Latvian form of Annette, and Wiktionary gives the name, in Latvian and in Estonian, an origin in French Annette. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Annete as a spelling variant, and the origin of the spelling Anete in Brazil is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,417 people named Anete, with a median age of 58; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. The name is almost always female, with records mostly from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Anete (letão e estoniano) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Anete · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Anete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Anete
What does the name Anete mean?
The meaning of Anete is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Anete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,417 people with the first name Anete, which ranks it number 2,989 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Anete a boy's or a girl's name?
Anete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,393 women and 24 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Anete most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.005% of the state's population is named Anete (664 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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