Meaning of the nameDayse
- Female
- English origin
- Day-se
Dayse is a female name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil tentatively links to the English name Daisy, taken from the flower daisy.
Meaning
“perhaps from English Daisy, the name of the daisy flower”
Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Daise · Behind the Name: Daisy
- People (2022)
- 12,591
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,455
- Median age
- 39 years
- 2010 Census
- 10,715
- people
Dayse in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Dayse, 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 (3,562 people).
12,550 women 41 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 Dayse is most common
States with the highest share of people named Dayse in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio de Janeiro 0.014%
- Sergipe 0.013%
- Pernambuco 0.013%
- Paraíba 0.012%
- Alagoas 0.011%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,232 | 0.014% |
| São Paulo | 1,972 | 0.004% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,613 | 0.008% |
| Pernambuco | 1,191 | 0.013% |
| Pará | 557 | 0.007% |
| Bahia | 502 | 0.004% |
| Paraíba | 476 | 0.012% |
| Maranhão | 449 | 0.007% |
| Alagoas | 352 | 0.011% |
| Ceará | 349 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 342 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 339 | 0.010% |
| Santa Catarina | 291 | 0.004% |
| Sergipe | 291 | 0.013% |
| Distrito Federal | 288 | 0.010% |
| Goiás | 282 | 0.004% |
| Amazonas | 208 | 0.005% |
| Espírito Santo | 190 | 0.005% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 182 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 121 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso | 99 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 85 | 0.003% |
| Amapá | 54 | 0.007% |
| Tocantins | 53 | 0.004% |
| Rondônia | 35 | 0.002% |
| Roraima | 28 | 0.004% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Dayse
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Daise as 'perhaps from English Daisy' and lists Dayse, Daize and Dayze among the spelling variants, and Daisi, Daisy and Daizy as Portuguese variants. Behind the Name explains Daisy as the English word for this white flower, from Old English dægeseage, 'day's eye', and records Deise as a Brazilian form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,591 people named Dayse, with a median age of 39. Both spellings are almost always female and peaked among women born in the 1980s; proportionally, Dayse is most common in Rio de Janeiro.
With Y, it recalls the English spelling Daisy; it is the most common spelling in the group.
Other spellings of Dayse
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Dayse | 12,591 |
| Daise | 6,353 |
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Daise · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
- Behind the Name: Daisy · behindthename.com · meaning
Questions about the name Dayse
What does the name Dayse mean?
Dayse means “perhaps from English Daisy, the name of the daisy flower”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.
How many people are named Dayse in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,591 people with the first name Dayse, which ranks it number 1,455 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Dayse a boy's or a girl's name?
Dayse is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 12,550 women and 41 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Dayse?
Dayse is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Dayse most common?
Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.014% of the state's population is named Dayse (2,232 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Dayse?
Daise. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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