Meaning of the nameCleomara
- Female
- Cle-o-ma-ra
Cleomara is a Brazilian female name ending in -mara, an ending that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil also records in Lucimara and Rosimara.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,161 people named Cleomara, the 7,482nd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 35, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.
Meaning
The meaning of Cleomara 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)
- 1,161
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,482
- Median age
- 35 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,266
- people
Cleomara in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Cleomara, 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 (343 people).
1,155 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 Cleomara is most common
States with the highest share of people named Cleomara in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Amazonas 0.003%
- Santa Catarina 0.002%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
- Pará 0.001%
- Paraná 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande do Sul | 144 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 130 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 125 | 0.003% |
| Santa Catarina | 113 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 100 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 88 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 62 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 56 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 52 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 46 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 38 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 23 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 23 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 20 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 18 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 16 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Cleomara
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes -mara as a possible hypocoristic of Maria, or as linked to Hebrew marah ('bitterness') or Old Tupi marã ('bad'), without deciding among them. The origin of the beginning Cleo- and of the name as a whole is uncertain. It is almost always a female name, and most people with it were born in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,161 people named Cleomara, with a median age of 35.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Cleomara
What does the name Cleomara mean?
The meaning of Cleomara 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 Cleomara in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,161 people with the first name Cleomara, which ranks it number 7,482 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Cleomara a boy's or a girl's name?
Cleomara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,155 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Cleomara most common?
Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.003% of the state's population is named Cleomara (125 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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