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Meaning of the nameClivia

Clivia is a feminine name that is also the scientific name of a genus of plants in the Amaryllidaceae family.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,071 people named Clivia, the 4,989th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 26, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Meaning

The meaning of Clivia 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)
2,071
Rank in Brazil
#4,989
Median age
26 years
2010 Census
2,049
people

Clivia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Clivia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (563 people).

2,058 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 Clivia is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.006%
  2. Amazonas 0.005%
  3. Alagoas 0.005%
  4. Pernambuco 0.001%
  5. Bahia 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará4780.006%
Amazonas1960.005%
Bahia1560.001%
Alagoas1510.005%
Minas Gerais1320.001%
São Paulo1310.000%
Pernambuco1090.001%
Amapá940.013%
Paraíba840.002%
Ceará730.001%
Acre680.008%
Maranhão570.001%
Rio Grande do Norte550.002%
Sergipe440.002%
Rio de Janeiro380.000%
Rio Grande do Sul360.000%
Goiás340.001%
Piauí280.001%
Rondônia240.002%
Santa Catarina170.000%

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

About the name Clivia

Clivia is the scientific name of a genus of plants in the Amaryllidaceae family, the clivias, formed in New Latin from the surname Clive with the suffix -ia. As a personal name in Brazil, its origin and meaning are not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,071 people named Clivia, with a median age of 26; proportionally, it is most common in Pará. It is almost always a female name, and most of the people were born in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Clivia · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Clivia

What does the name Clivia mean?

The meaning of Clivia 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 Clivia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,071 people with the first name Clivia, which ranks it number 4,989 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Clivia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,058 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Clivia most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.006% of the state's population is named Clivia (478 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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