Meaning of the nameBalbina

Female
Latin origin
Bal-bi-na

Balbina is a female name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Balbinus, derived from the cognomen Balbus, which comes from Latin balbus, 'stammerer'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Balbino, derived from the Latin cognomen Balbus, 'stammerer'”

Source: Wiktionary: Balbinus (Latin) · Wiktionary: Balbus (Latin)

People (2022): 5,143
Rank in Brazil: #2,691
Median age: 65 years
2010 Census: 7,190; people

Balbina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Balbina, 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 (1,254 people).

5,118 women 25 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 Balbina is most common

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

Bahia 0.011%
Piauí 0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.004%
Maranhão 0.004%
Espírito Santo 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	1,564	0.011%
São Paulo	713	0.002%
Minas Gerais	480	0.002%
Paraná	300	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	257	0.002%
Maranhão	256	0.004%
Goiás	207	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	171	0.002%
Piauí	154	0.005%
Espírito Santo	117	0.003%
Santa Catarina	116	0.002%
Pará	114	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	108	0.004%
Ceará	95	0.001%
Mato Grosso	89	0.002%
Pernambuco	75	0.001%
Distrito Federal	53	0.002%
Paraíba	49	0.001%
Tocantins	46	0.003%
Amazonas	43	0.001%
Rondônia	38	0.002%
Sergipe	25	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	23	0.001%
Alagoas	23	0.001%

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

About the name Balbina

Balbina is the feminine form of the Latin name Balbinus, which Wiktionary derives from Balbus with the suffix -inus; Balbus is a Roman cognomen that comes from the Latin adjective balbus, 'stammerer'. Behind the Name lists Balbina as a feminine form of Balbinus and gives Balbino as the corresponding masculine. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,143 people named Balbina, with a median age of 65; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. It is almost always a female name, and most of those recorded were born before 1960.

Sources

Behind the Name: Balbina · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Balbinus (Latin) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Balbus (Latin) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

Questions about the name Balbina

What does the name Balbina mean?

Balbina means “feminine form of Balbino, derived from the Latin cognomen Balbus, 'stammerer'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Balbina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,143 people with the first name Balbina, which ranks it number 2,691 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Balbina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,118 women and 25 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Balbina?

Balbina is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Balbina most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.011% of the state's population is named Balbina (1,564 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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