Meaning of the nameDirce

Dirce is a female name of Greek origin, a Latinized form of Dirke, a name from Greek mythology and of a spring near Thebes.

Meaning

The meaning of Dirce is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 43,955
Rank in Brazil: #617
Median age: 67 years
2010 Census: 57,048; people

Dirce in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Dirce, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (12,941 people).

43,653 women 302 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 Dirce is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	21,389	0.048%
Paraná	7,445	0.065%
Minas Gerais	4,101	0.020%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,118	0.020%
Santa Catarina	2,041	0.027%
Rio de Janeiro	1,915	0.012%
Goiás	1,068	0.015%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,034	0.038%
Mato Grosso	918	0.025%
Bahia	390	0.003%
Rondônia	313	0.020%
Distrito Federal	226	0.008%
Espírito Santo	221	0.006%
Pará	208	0.003%
Amazonas	110	0.003%
Tocantins	78	0.005%
Pernambuco	76	0.001%
Piauí	53	0.002%
Maranhão	48	0.001%
Ceará	47	0.001%
Paraíba	35	0.001%
Sergipe	29	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	24	0.001%
Alagoas	24	0.001%
Acre	21	0.003%
Roraima	17	0.003%

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

About the name Dirce

Behind the Name gives Dirce as a Latinized form of the Greek Δίρκη (Dirke), a name from Greek mythology, and tentatively suggests the sense 'split, cleft in two'; for that reason the meaning is not known for certain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) links the name to a spring near Thebes and lists Dyrce as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 43,955 people named Dirce, almost always women, with a median age of 67. Proportionally, the name is most common in Paraná.

Sources

Behind the Name: Dirce · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Dirce · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Dirce · en.wiktionary.org · usage

Questions about the name Dirce

What does the name Dirce mean?

The meaning of Dirce is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Dirce in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 43,955 people with the first name Dirce, which ranks it number 617 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Dirce is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 43,653 women and 302 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Dirce?

Dirce is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Dirce most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.065% of the state's population is named Dirce (7,445 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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