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Meaning of the nameChaiane

Chaiane is a Brazilian female name ending in -ane, an element from French -anne; the meaning of the whole name is uncertain.

Meaning

The meaning of Chaiane 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)
5,810
Rank in Brazil
#2,462
Median age
23 years
2010 Census
7,476
people

Chaiane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Chaiane, 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 (2,529 people).

5,775 women 35 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 Chaiane is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.020%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.012%
  3. Paraná 0.004%
  4. Bahia 0.002%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul2,1580.020%
Santa Catarina9410.012%
Paraná4960.004%
São Paulo3570.001%
Bahia3410.002%
Rio de Janeiro2760.002%
Minas Gerais2350.001%
Ceará1180.001%
Pará1180.002%
Maranhão960.001%
Goiás900.001%
Pernambuco760.001%
Espírito Santo760.002%
Amazonas650.002%
Alagoas480.002%
Sergipe470.002%
Mato Grosso400.001%
Piauí400.001%
Acre360.004%
Rondônia300.002%
Distrito Federal230.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul210.001%
Amapá200.003%
Paraíba190.001%
Tocantins160.001%

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

About the name Chaiane

The Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes -ane as coming from French -anne, already working as a name formative, and cites Aiane, Juliane, Luciane and Taiane among Brazilian names. For -iane, it says it is a probable splinter of names such as Cristiane, Mariane and Viviane. The origin of the beginning Cha- is not documented, so the meaning of the name is left undefined. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,810 people named Chaiane. Almost all were born between the 1980s and the 2000s, and the name is almost always female. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul. The dictionary lists the neighboring names Chaiene and Chailane.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ane, -iane) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Chaiane

What does the name Chaiane mean?

The meaning of Chaiane 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 Chaiane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,810 people with the first name Chaiane, which ranks it number 2,462 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Chaiane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,775 women and 35 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Chaiane most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.020% of the state's population is named Chaiane (2,158 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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