Meaning of the nameDarlete
- Female
- Dar-le-te
Darlete is a Brazilian feminine name of uncertain origin, ending in -ete, an ending common in names such as Claudete and Salete.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,673 people named Darlete, the 5,799th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 44, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.
Meaning
The meaning of Darlete 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)
- 1,673
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,799
- Median age
- 44 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,841
- people
Darlete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Darlete, 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 (479 people).
1,663 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 Darlete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Darlete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pará 0.001%
- Santa Catarina 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- Bahia 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 287 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 274 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 152 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 114 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 110 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 93 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 77 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 75 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 68 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 68 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 50 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 47 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 46 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 37 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 23 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 21 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 20 | 0.000% |
| Amapá | 20 | 0.003% |
| Acre | 16 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Darlete
The origin of Darlete is uncertain. The Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil explains that the ending -ete comes from the French -ette, from the Latin -eta, a diminutive affix, found in Claudete, Eliete and Salete. The origin of the beginning Darl- is uncertain. It is almost always female. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,673 people named Darlete, with a median age of 44, and the largest group was born in the 1980s.
Sources
- Morfemário: -ETE · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Darlete
What does the name Darlete mean?
The meaning of Darlete 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 Darlete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,673 people with the first name Darlete, which ranks it number 5,799 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Darlete a boy's or a girl's name?
Darlete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,663 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Darlete most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.001% of the state's population is named Darlete (114 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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