Meaning of the nameCaline
- Female
- Ca-li-ne
Caline is a spelling of the name Kaline.
Meaning
The meaning of Caline 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)
- 3,770
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,330
- Median age
- 23 years
- 2010 Census
- 4,962
- people
Caline in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Caline, 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 (1,284 people).
3,750 women 20 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 Caline is most common
States with the highest share of people named Caline in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.006%
- Paraíba 0.006%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.005%
- Pernambuco 0.005%
- Alagoas 0.004%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 814 | 0.006% |
| Pernambuco | 414 | 0.005% |
| São Paulo | 354 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 229 | 0.006% |
| Pará | 203 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 180 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 179 | 0.005% |
| Minas Gerais | 135 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 130 | 0.004% |
| Ceará | 117 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 103 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 97 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 90 | 0.003% |
| Acre | 87 | 0.011% |
| Santa Catarina | 85 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 82 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 76 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 67 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 67 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 54 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 49 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 43 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 35 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 32 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 29 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Caline
It uses C, the traditional Portuguese letter for the sound /k/ before A; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
About the name Kaline
The origin of Kaline is not known for certain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil has an entry for Kaline and lists Caline, Calinne, Calyne, Kalinne, Kalyne and Kalynne as spelling variants. The ending -ine matches the formative that the Morfemário (morpheme list) of the same dictionary gives as French -ine, from Latin -ina, a diminutive suffix found in Aline and Caroline, but the formation of Kaline is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 14,119 people named Kaline, with a median age of 23. The name is almost always female, hardly appears among women born before 1970 and, proportionally, is most common in Rio Grande do Norte.
Other spellings of Kaline
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Kaline | 14,119 |
| Caline | 3,770 |
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Kaline · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-INE) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Caline
What does the name Caline mean?
The meaning of Caline 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 Caline in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,770 people with the first name Caline, which ranks it number 3,330 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Caline a boy's or a girl's name?
Caline is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,750 women and 20 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Caline most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.006% of the state's population is named Caline (814 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Caline?
Kaline. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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