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Meaning of the nameClarinda

Clarinda is a female name derived from Clara, from Latin clāra, 'clear, bright', with the suffix -inda; the form is attested in English.

Meaning

“derived from Clara, 'clear, bright'”

Source: Wiktionary: Clarinda · Wiktionary: Clara · Behind the Name: Clarinda

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People (2022)
6,001
Rank in Brazil
#2,414
Median age
65 years
2010 Census
7,951
people

Clarinda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Clarinda, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (1,567 people).

5,972 women 29 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 Clarinda is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.007%
  2. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.007%
  3. Paraná 0.006%
  4. Espírito Santo 0.005%
  5. Mato Grosso 0.005%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,3660.003%
Rio Grande do Sul7350.007%
Paraná7150.006%
Minas Gerais5770.003%
Santa Catarina3860.005%
Goiás3470.005%
Bahia2710.002%
Rio de Janeiro2550.002%
Espírito Santo1990.005%
Mato Grosso1910.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul1790.007%
Piauí1100.003%
Maranhão1020.002%
Pará1000.001%
Distrito Federal770.003%
Amazonas740.002%
Ceará710.001%
Rondônia710.005%
Pernambuco610.001%
Tocantins410.003%
Paraíba220.001%
Acre150.002%

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

About the name Clarinda

Wiktionary explains Clarinda as Clara plus the element -inda, and Behind the Name describes it as a combination of Clara with the suffix -inda, a name that appears in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado (1981), gives it as coming from English, derived from Clara, and mentions the reading of J. J. Nunes, who sees it as a diminutive of Clara formed with -inda instead of -ina. The meaning is that of the base: Latin clāra comes from clārus, 'bright, clear'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,001 people named Clarinda, with a median age of 65.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Clarinda · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Clara · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Clarinda · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Clarinda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Clarinda

What does the name Clarinda mean?

Clarinda means “derived from Clara, 'clear, bright'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Clarinda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,001 people with the first name Clarinda, which ranks it number 2,414 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Clarinda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,972 women and 29 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Clarinda?

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

In which Brazilian state is Clarinda most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.007% of the state's population is named Clarinda (735 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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