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Meaning of the nameBranca

Branca is a feminine name that matches the Portuguese adjective branca, 'having the color of snow or milk', and corresponds to the French Blanche.

Meaning

“feminine of the adjective branco, 'having the color of snow or milk'”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Branca · Priberam: branco

People (2022)
1,966
Rank in Brazil
#5,175
Median age
57 years
2010 Census
2,566
people

Branca in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Branca, 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 (350 people).

1,954 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.

Where the name Branca is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
  3. São Paulo 0.001%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5820.001%
Rio de Janeiro2910.002%
Rio Grande do Sul2390.002%
Minas Gerais1840.001%
Paraná680.001%
Amazonas630.002%
Ceará620.001%
Santa Catarina500.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul470.002%
Bahia450.000%
Pernambuco450.001%
Maranhão410.001%
Goiás370.001%
Distrito Federal320.001%
Pará300.000%
Mato Grosso250.001%
Alagoas240.001%
Paraíba190.001%
Espírito Santo170.000%

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

About the name Branca

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil explains Branca as the feminine adjective of branco. Priberam defines this adjective as 'having the color of snow or milk' and gives a Germanic origin, and Aulete points to the same Germanic etymon. Wiktionary records the name as equivalent to Blanche, and Behind the Name describes it as the Portuguese and Galician form of Blanche. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,966 people named Branca, with a median age of 57. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul. The name is almost always female.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Branca · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  2. Priberam: branco · dicionario.priberam.org · meaning
  3. Aulete: branco · aulete.com.br · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Branca · behindthename.com · origin
  5. Wiktionary: Branca · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Branca

What does the name Branca mean?

Branca means “feminine of the adjective branco, 'having the color of snow or milk'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Priberam.

How many people are named Branca in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,966 people with the first name Branca, which ranks it number 5,175 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Branca is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,954 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Branca?

Branca is a name of Portuguese and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Branca most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Branca (239 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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