Meaning of the nameCleia
- Female
- Clei-a
Cleia is a short Brazilian feminine name of uncertain origin, which also appears as the ending of names such as Rosicleia and Rosecleia.
Meaning
The meaning of Cleia 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)
- 21,798
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,009
- Median age
- 46 years
- 2010 Census
- 24,370
- people
Cleia in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Cleia, 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 (6,370 people).
21,717 women 81 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 Cleia is most common
States with the highest share of people named Cleia in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Amapá 0.026%
- Pará 0.022%
- Tocantins 0.018%
- Distrito Federal 0.018%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.017%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 3,263 | 0.007% |
| Minas Gerais | 2,956 | 0.014% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,012 | 0.013% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,894 | 0.017% |
| Pará | 1,754 | 0.022% |
| Bahia | 1,341 | 0.010% |
| Paraná | 1,216 | 0.011% |
| Goiás | 1,117 | 0.016% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,100 | 0.015% |
| Maranhão | 677 | 0.010% |
| Amazonas | 643 | 0.016% |
| Distrito Federal | 496 | 0.018% |
| Mato Grosso | 457 | 0.013% |
| Ceará | 365 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 315 | 0.011% |
| Espírito Santo | 301 | 0.008% |
| Tocantins | 273 | 0.018% |
| Piauí | 261 | 0.008% |
| Pernambuco | 237 | 0.003% |
| Rondônia | 220 | 0.014% |
| Amapá | 191 | 0.026% |
| Sergipe | 160 | 0.007% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 146 | 0.004% |
| Alagoas | 131 | 0.004% |
| Roraima | 103 | 0.016% |
| Paraíba | 86 | 0.002% |
| Acre | 83 | 0.010% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Cleia
The origin of Cleia is uncertain. The name has its own entry in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), which gives it no spelling variants. The same sequence appears at the end of Brazilian names that the project's Morfemário lists with the element Rose-/Rosi-, such as Rosecleia and Rosicleia. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 21,798 people named Cleia, with a median age of 46; the name is almost always female, most were born in the 1970s and 1980s, and, proportionally, it is most common in Amapá.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cleia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Rosa-, Rose-, Rosi-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage
Questions about the name Cleia
What does the name Cleia mean?
The meaning of Cleia 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 Cleia in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 21,798 people with the first name Cleia, which ranks it number 1,009 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Cleia a boy's or a girl's name?
Cleia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 21,717 women and 81 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Cleia most common?
Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.026% of the state's population is named Cleia (191 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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