Meaning of the nameDanúbia

Female
Latin origin
Da-nú-bi-a

Danúbia is a feminine name, the feminine form of Danúbio, the name of the second-longest river in Europe; in Portuguese, Danúbio comes from Latin Dānubius.

Meaning

“feminine form of Danúbio, the name of the European river”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Danubia · Wiktionary: Danúbio

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People (2022): 10,514
Rank in Brazil: #1,650
Median age: 34 years
2010 Census: 11,241; people

Danúbia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Danúbia, 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 (5,464 people).

10,469 women 45 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 Danúbia is most common

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

Pernambuco 0.010%
Minas Gerais 0.010%
Espírito Santo 0.008%
Goiás 0.008%
Paraíba 0.008%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	1,947	0.010%
São Paulo	1,823	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	968	0.006%
Pernambuco	878	0.010%
Rio Grande do Sul	794	0.007%
Goiás	546	0.008%
Bahia	507	0.004%
Santa Catarina	490	0.006%
Paraná	351	0.003%
Espírito Santo	314	0.008%
Paraíba	302	0.008%
Pará	243	0.003%
Mato Grosso	189	0.005%
Distrito Federal	189	0.007%
Alagoas	147	0.005%
Maranhão	138	0.002%
Ceará	120	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	117	0.004%
Piauí	94	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	87	0.003%
Rondônia	84	0.005%
Tocantins	55	0.004%
Amazonas	50	0.001%
Amapá	32	0.004%
Sergipe	31	0.001%

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

About the name Danúbia

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Danúbia as the feminine of Danúbio and says the name probably comes from the European river. According to Wiktionary, Danúbio is a learned borrowing from Latin Dānubius, which goes back to a Celtic river name and ultimately to an Indo-European root glossed as 'river goddess'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,514 people named Danúbia, with a median age of 34. The same dictionary lists Dannubia and Danubya as spelling variants.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Danubia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Wiktionary: Danúbio · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wikcionário: Danúbia · pt.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Danúbia

What does the name Danúbia mean?

Danúbia means “feminine form of Danúbio, the name of the European river”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Danúbia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,514 people with the first name Danúbia, which ranks it number 1,650 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Danúbia a boy's or a girl's name?

Danúbia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 10,469 women and 45 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Danúbia?

Danúbia is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Danúbia most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.010% of the state's population is named Danúbia (878 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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