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Meaning of the nameDarla

Darla is a name of English origin, a variant of Darlene, which in turn combines the English word darling with the suffix -lene.

Meaning

“variant of Darlene, a name formed from the English word darling ("dear") with the suffix -lene”

Source: Behind the Name: Darla · Behind the Name: Darlene

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People (2022)
2,164
Rank in Brazil
#4,848
Median age
24 years
2010 Census
2,192
people

Darla in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Darla, 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 (586 people).

1,818 women 346 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 Darla is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  2. Ceará 0.002%
  3. Pernambuco 0.002%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul2550.002%
Minas Gerais2520.001%
São Paulo2040.001%
Ceará1690.002%
Rio de Janeiro1680.001%
Pernambuco1460.002%
Bahia1230.001%
Santa Catarina850.001%
Amazonas850.002%
Goiás750.001%
Pará710.001%
Paraná590.001%
Maranhão510.001%
Piauí490.002%
Paraíba440.001%
Espírito Santo440.001%
Alagoas440.001%
Distrito Federal430.002%
Mato Grosso410.001%
Rio Grande do Norte370.001%
Sergipe340.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul250.001%
Tocantins150.001%
Roraima150.002%

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

About the name Darla

Behind the Name describes Darla as a variant of Darlene with the suffix -la, and Wiktionary treats it as a back-formation of Darlene. Darlene, in turn, comes from the English word darling, "dear", combined with the suffix -lene, according to Behind the Name. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Darlene among the Brazilian names with the feminine ending -lene. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,164 people named Darla, with a median age of 24. Most of the records are female, and most were born in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Darla · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Darlene · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Darla · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Darla

What does the name Darla mean?

Darla means “variant of Darlene, a name formed from the English word darling ("dear") with the suffix -lene”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Darla in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,164 people with the first name Darla, which ranks it number 4,848 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Darla is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 1,818 women and 346 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Darla?

Darla is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Darla most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Darla (255 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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