Meaning of the nameDulcineia

Female
Spanish origin
Dul-ci-nei-a

Dulcineia is a feminine name of Spanish and literary origin, created by Cervantes in Don Quixote from dulce, 'sweet'.

Meaning

“name created by Cervantes, linked to Spanish dulce, 'sweet'”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Dulcineia · Behind the Name: Dulcinea · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Dulcina

People (2022): 15,484
Rank in Brazil: #1,266
Median age: 55 years
2010 Census: 19,116; people

Dulcineia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Dulcineia, 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 (4,308 people).

15,427 women 57 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 Dulcineia is most common

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

Espírito Santo 0.019%
Rio de Janeiro 0.016%
Minas Gerais 0.011%
São Paulo 0.010%
Paraná 0.009%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	4,450	0.010%
Rio de Janeiro	2,616	0.016%
Minas Gerais	2,251	0.011%
Paraná	1,007	0.009%
Bahia	847	0.006%
Espírito Santo	719	0.019%
Santa Catarina	550	0.007%
Pará	459	0.006%
Pernambuco	396	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	302	0.003%
Amazonas	283	0.007%
Maranhão	259	0.004%
Mato Grosso	224	0.006%
Goiás	197	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	139	0.005%
Rondônia	116	0.007%
Distrito Federal	114	0.004%
Piauí	84	0.003%
Ceará	79	0.001%
Paraíba	74	0.002%
Alagoas	72	0.002%
Sergipe	59	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	49	0.002%
Amapá	46	0.006%
Acre	36	0.004%
Tocantins	34	0.002%
Roraima	22	0.004%

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

About the name Dulcineia

According to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), which cites Machado (1981), Dulcineia is a creation of Cervantes in the novel Don Quixote, made from Dulcina, and its use in Portuguese is due to that work. The same dictionary gives Dulcina as derived from the Latin dulcis, 'sweet', and Behind the Name links the form Dulcinea to the Spanish dulce, 'sweet', saying that Cervantes may have been the first to use it. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 15,484 people named Dulcineia, with a peak among those born in the 1960s. Proportionally, the name is most common in Espírito Santo.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Dulcineia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Behind the Name: Dulcinea · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Dulcina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Dulcinea · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Dulcineia

What does the name Dulcineia mean?

Dulcineia means “name created by Cervantes, linked to Spanish dulce, 'sweet'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Dulcineia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 15,484 people with the first name Dulcineia, which ranks it number 1,266 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Dulcineia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 15,427 women and 57 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Dulcineia?

Dulcineia is a name of Spanish origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Dulcineia most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.019% of the state's population is named Dulcineia (719 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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