Meaning of the nameArlete
- Female
- French origin
- Germanic origin
- Ar-le-te
Arlete is the Portuguese form of French Arlette, linked to the Germanic name Herleva, possibly from elements meaning 'army' and 'legacy'.
Meaning
“Portuguese form of Arlette, from Herleva, a Germanic name possibly formed from 'army' and 'legacy'”
Source: Behind the Name: Herleva · Wiktionary: Arlette
- People (2022)
- 50,530
- Rank in Brazil
- #565
- Median age
- 56 years
- 2010 Census
- 59,867
- people
Arlete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Arlete, 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 (12,897 people).
50,260 women 270 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 Arlete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Arlete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Espírito Santo 0.048%
- Santa Catarina 0.043%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.032%
- Paraná 0.031%
- Bahia 0.030%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 11,394 | 0.026% |
| Minas Gerais | 5,963 | 0.029% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 5,140 | 0.032% |
| Bahia | 4,280 | 0.030% |
| Paraná | 3,516 | 0.031% |
| Santa Catarina | 3,259 | 0.043% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 3,095 | 0.028% |
| Pará | 2,066 | 0.025% |
| Espírito Santo | 1,851 | 0.048% |
| Goiás | 1,363 | 0.019% |
| Maranhão | 1,059 | 0.016% |
| Pernambuco | 1,027 | 0.011% |
| Amazonas | 885 | 0.023% |
| Mato Grosso | 679 | 0.019% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 631 | 0.023% |
| Distrito Federal | 533 | 0.019% |
| Alagoas | 506 | 0.016% |
| Ceará | 487 | 0.006% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 449 | 0.014% |
| Paraíba | 409 | 0.010% |
| Piauí | 407 | 0.012% |
| Rondônia | 377 | 0.024% |
| Sergipe | 357 | 0.016% |
| Tocantins | 330 | 0.022% |
| Amapá | 182 | 0.025% |
| Acre | 152 | 0.018% |
| Roraima | 133 | 0.021% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Arlete
Behind the Name lists Arlete as the Portuguese form of Arlette, which it presents as a French form of Herleva; for Herleva, it gives as a possible origin the Old German elements heri, 'army', and leiba, 'remainder, legacy'. Wiktionary says that Arlette comes from a derivative, possibly a diminutive, of Old French Herleva, a Germanic compound name that begins with *harjaz, 'army'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Arlethe and Harlete as spelling variants of Arlete. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 50,530 people named Arlete, with a median age of 56.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Arlette · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Herleva · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: Arlette · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Arlete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Arlete
What does the name Arlete mean?
Arlete means “Portuguese form of Arlette, from Herleva, a Germanic name possibly formed from 'army' and 'legacy'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.
How many people are named Arlete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 50,530 people with the first name Arlete, which ranks it number 565 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Arlete a boy's or a girl's name?
Arlete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 50,260 women and 270 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Arlete?
Arlete is a name of French and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Arlete most common?
Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.048% of the state's population is named Arlete (1,851 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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