Meaning of the nameDjanira

Female
Greek origin
Dja-ni-ra

Djanira is a female name of Greek origin, a spelling variant of Dejanira, the name of a mythical warrior, the wife of Hercules.

Meaning

“variant of Dejanira, a Greek name of a mythical figure, formed from 'to kill' and 'man' (Behind the Name) or read as 'hostile to her husband' (Wiktionary)”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Dejanira · Behind the Name: Deianira · Wiktionary: Dejanira (verbete polonês)

People (2022): 7,322
Rank in Brazil: #2,108
Median age: 65 years
2010 Census: 7,475; people

Djanira in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Djanira, 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 (1,853 people).

7,290 women 32 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 Djanira is most common

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

Pernambuco 0.009%
Alagoas 0.007%
Bahia 0.006%
Paraíba 0.005%
Espírito Santo 0.005%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,589	0.004%
Pernambuco	850	0.009%
Bahia	809	0.006%
Minas Gerais	719	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	658	0.004%
Paraná	321	0.003%
Alagoas	220	0.007%
Goiás	206	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	200	0.002%
Paraíba	198	0.005%
Maranhão	184	0.003%
Espírito Santo	175	0.005%
Pará	163	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	129	0.004%
Piauí	125	0.004%
Ceará	112	0.001%
Santa Catarina	96	0.001%
Amazonas	87	0.002%
Distrito Federal	84	0.003%
Mato Grosso	78	0.002%
Sergipe	78	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	74	0.003%
Tocantins	61	0.004%
Rondônia	52	0.003%
Acre	24	0.003%
Amapá	20	0.003%

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

About the name Djanira

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Djanira as a spelling variant of Dejanira, from Greek, the name of a mythical warrior, the wife of Hercules. Behind the Name gives the form Deianira as derived from deioo, 'to kill', and aner, 'man'. The Polish entry for Dejanira on Wiktionary gives the Greek Δῃάνειρα and reads it as 'hostile to her husband'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,322 people named Djanira. The 1940s and 1950s account for the largest number of women born with this name, which is almost always female. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Dejanira · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Behind the Name: Deianira · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Dejanira (verbete polonês) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

Questions about the name Djanira

What does the name Djanira mean?

Djanira means “variant of Dejanira, a Greek name of a mythical figure, formed from 'to kill' and 'man' (Behind the Name) or read as 'hostile to her husband' (Wiktionary)”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Djanira in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,322 people with the first name Djanira, which ranks it number 2,108 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Djanira is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,290 women and 32 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Djanira?

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

In which Brazilian state is Djanira most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.009% of the state's population is named Djanira (850 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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