Meaning of the nameCaíque
- Male
- Ca-í-que
Caíque is a male name of Brazilian use that Behind the Name explains as a contraction of Carlos Henrique; Wiktionary gives its origin as unknown.
Meaning
The meaning of Caíque 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)
- 58,307
- Rank in Brazil
- #512
- Median age
- 17 years
- 2010 Census
- 50,885
- people
Caíque in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Caíque, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (26,267 people).
477 women 57,830 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 Caíque is most common
States with the highest share of people named Caíque in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.070%
- São Paulo 0.048%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.041%
- Minas Gerais 0.027%
- Espírito Santo 0.024%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 21,272 | 0.048% |
| Bahia | 9,837 | 0.070% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 6,562 | 0.041% |
| Minas Gerais | 5,479 | 0.027% |
| Pernambuco | 1,779 | 0.020% |
| Paraná | 1,612 | 0.014% |
| Goiás | 1,288 | 0.018% |
| Ceará | 1,241 | 0.014% |
| Pará | 1,166 | 0.014% |
| Espírito Santo | 915 | 0.024% |
| Santa Catarina | 885 | 0.012% |
| Maranhão | 797 | 0.012% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 692 | 0.006% |
| Mato Grosso | 607 | 0.017% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 607 | 0.022% |
| Alagoas | 570 | 0.018% |
| Sergipe | 431 | 0.020% |
| Piauí | 422 | 0.013% |
| Paraíba | 414 | 0.010% |
| Amazonas | 359 | 0.009% |
| Rondônia | 321 | 0.020% |
| Distrito Federal | 285 | 0.010% |
| Tocantins | 227 | 0.015% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 172 | 0.005% |
| Amapá | 169 | 0.023% |
| Acre | 103 | 0.012% |
| Roraima | 95 | 0.015% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Caíque
The sources differ on the origin of Caíque. Behind the Name explains it as a contraction of Carlos Henrique and notes that caíque is also the name of an Amazonian parrot of the genus Pionites; Wiktionary gives the origin as unknown. Kaique and Kaíque are variants of Caíque, according to both, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Kaique, Kayque, Caike and other spellings as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 145,218 people across the three spellings in the group, 79,111 of them as Kaique, almost all born from the 1990s onward.
With an accent on the í, which marks the hiato (the two vowels pronounced as separate syllables); Behind the Name also records the spelling Kaíque.
Other spellings of Caíque
Sources
- Wiktionary: Caíque · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Caíque · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Kaique · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Behind the Name: Kaíque · behindthename.com · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Caique · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Caíque
What does the name Caíque mean?
The meaning of Caíque 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 Caíque in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 58,307 people with the first name Caíque, which ranks it number 512 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Caíque a boy's or a girl's name?
Caíque is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 477 women and 57,830 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Caíque most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.070% of the state's population is named Caíque (9,837 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Caíque?
Kaique and Kayque. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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