Meaning of the nameCinara

Cinara is a female name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links to Latin Cinara, also the name of an Aegean island, with no fixed meaning.

Meaning

The meaning of Cinara 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): 6,403
Rank in Brazil: #2,307
Median age: 40 years
2010 Census: 7,109; people

Cinara in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cinara, 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 (1,943 people).

6,389 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 Cinara is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	1,695	0.016%
Minas Gerais	918	0.005%
São Paulo	597	0.001%
Santa Catarina	499	0.007%
Bahia	352	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	323	0.002%
Ceará	282	0.003%
Goiás	254	0.004%
Pernambuco	200	0.002%
Pará	174	0.002%
Paraná	151	0.001%
Amazonas	141	0.004%
Maranhão	132	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	121	0.004%
Distrito Federal	94	0.003%
Piauí	76	0.002%
Espírito Santo	70	0.002%
Paraíba	63	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	61	0.002%
Alagoas	54	0.002%
Mato Grosso	39	0.001%
Tocantins	24	0.002%
Sergipe	22	0.001%
Amapá	20	0.003%
Roraima	18	0.003%

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

About the name Cinara

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Cinara as of Latin origin and says it is also the name of an island in the Aegean Sea; its Morfemário gives it as a traditional name of Greek origin. Wiktionary lists Cinara as the Latin name of a small Aegean island near Amorgos, borrowed from Greek Κινάρα. The meaning of the name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,403 people named Cinara, almost always women and born mostly in the 1970s and 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul. The Morfemário cites Cinara among the traditional names from which the ending -ara, found in Brazilian names such as Luciara, was probably taken.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cinara · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Cinara · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Cinara

What does the name Cinara mean?

The meaning of Cinara 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 Cinara in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,403 people with the first name Cinara, which ranks it number 2,307 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Cinara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 6,389 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Cinara?

Cinara is a name of Latin and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cinara most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.016% of the state's population is named Cinara (1,695 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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