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Meaning of the nameDarilene

Darilene is a Brazilian female name ending in -lene, recorded mostly among women born from 1960 to 1990.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,076 people named Darilene, the 7,861st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 40, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Meaning

The meaning of Darilene 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)
1,076
Rank in Brazil
#7,861
Median age
40 years
2010 Census
1,153
people

Darilene in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Darilene, 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 (245 people).

1,067 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 Darilene is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.003%
  2. Bahia 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará2290.003%
Bahia2110.002%
Goiás990.001%
São Paulo730.000%
Maranhão660.001%
Distrito Federal580.002%
Ceará420.001%
Minas Gerais320.000%
Amazonas310.001%
Piauí240.001%
Tocantins240.002%
Rio Grande do Norte230.001%
Santa Catarina210.000%
Rio de Janeiro200.000%
Mato Grosso180.001%
Rio Grande do Sul160.000%
Amapá160.002%

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

About the name Darilene

The origin of Darilene as a whole is uncertain. The ending -lene is a name-forming element that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) probably links to French -enne or to names such as Irene and Marlene, with Darlene among the Brazilian names it lists. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,076 people named Darilene, with a median age of 40. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Darilene

What does the name Darilene mean?

The meaning of Darilene 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 Darilene in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,076 people with the first name Darilene, which ranks it number 7,861 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Darilene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,067 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Darilene most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.003% of the state's population is named Darilene (229 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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