Meaning of the nameCimara
- Female
- Ci-ma-ra
Cimara is a Brazilian female name of uncertain origin, ending in -mara, an ending of names such as Lucimara and Jucimara.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 933 people named Cimara, the 8,693rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 39, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
Meaning
The meaning of Cimara is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 933
- Rank in Brazil
- #8,693
- Median age
- 39 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,214
- people
Cimara in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Cimara, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (316 people).
926 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 Cimara is most common
States with the highest share of people named Cimara in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 139 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 118 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 101 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 81 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 61 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 58 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 49 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 44 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 43 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 34 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 27 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 20 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 19 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 18 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 17 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Cimara
The formation of Cimara is not known with certainty. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil gives the ending -mara three possible origins: a hypocoristic of Maria, the Hebrew marah, 'bitterness', or the Tupi marã, 'evil'; it is not documented which of them, if any, applies to Cimara. It is almost always a female name, with most of the people born in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 933 people named Cimara, with a median age of 39. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Cimara
What does the name Cimara mean?
The meaning of Cimara is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Cimara in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 933 people with the first name Cimara, which ranks it number 8,693 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Cimara a boy's or a girl's name?
Cimara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 926 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Cimara most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.001% of the state's population is named Cimara (118 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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