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Meaning of the nameDivanete

Divanete is a female name ending in -ete, a suffix that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links to the French -ette; the origin of the beginning of the name is uncertain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,569 people named Divanete, the 6,070th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 53, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Meaning

The meaning of Divanete 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)
1,569
Rank in Brazil
#6,070
Median age
53 years
2010 Census
1,645
people

Divanete in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Divanete, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (491 people).

1,563 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 Divanete is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.002%
  2. Bahia 0.001%
  3. Paraná 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4030.001%
Bahia1920.001%
Paraná1450.001%
Pará1230.002%
Alagoas970.003%
Pernambuco770.001%
Minas Gerais750.000%
Goiás590.001%
Rio de Janeiro430.000%
Amazonas360.001%
Espírito Santo320.001%
Sergipe320.001%
Rio Grande do Sul300.000%
Santa Catarina290.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul290.001%
Paraíba270.001%
Rio Grande do Norte270.001%
Mato Grosso250.001%
Distrito Federal190.001%
Rondônia170.001%

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

About the name Divanete

Divanete ends in -ete, a feminine element that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as coming from the French -ette and, before that, from the Latin -eta, a diminutive affix; it appears in names such as Claudete and Salete. The origin of the beginning of the name is uncertain, and there is no known meaning for the name as a whole. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,569 people named Divanete, with a median age of 53. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará. The records are almost always female and from people born between the 1940s and 1990s, most of them between 1950 and 1979.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Divanete

What does the name Divanete mean?

The meaning of Divanete 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 Divanete in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,569 people with the first name Divanete, which ranks it number 6,070 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Divanete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,563 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Divanete most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.002% of the state's population is named Divanete (123 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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