Meaning of the nameEdina
- Female
- E-di-na
Edina is a female name of uncertain origin in Brazil; in Hungarian, Behind the Name gives it as perhaps a diminutive of names with adal, 'noble'.
Meaning
The meaning of Edina 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)
- 36,433
- Rank in Brazil
- #717
- Median age
- 49 years
- 2010 Census
- 42,163
- people
Edina in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Edina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (9,783 people).
36,213 women 220 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 Edina is most common
States with the highest share of people named Edina in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rondônia 0.040%
- Paraná 0.034%
- Pará 0.028%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.028%
- Mato Grosso 0.027%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 6,968 | 0.016% |
| Paraná | 3,932 | 0.034% |
| Minas Gerais | 3,641 | 0.018% |
| Bahia | 2,584 | 0.018% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,337 | 0.015% |
| Pará | 2,254 | 0.028% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,892 | 0.025% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,582 | 0.015% |
| Goiás | 1,337 | 0.019% |
| Maranhão | 1,171 | 0.017% |
| Pernambuco | 1,087 | 0.012% |
| Mato Grosso | 1,001 | 0.027% |
| Espírito Santo | 848 | 0.022% |
| Ceará | 843 | 0.010% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 765 | 0.028% |
| Rondônia | 626 | 0.040% |
| Piauí | 554 | 0.017% |
| Amazonas | 544 | 0.014% |
| Distrito Federal | 451 | 0.016% |
| Paraíba | 389 | 0.010% |
| Tocantins | 364 | 0.024% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 343 | 0.010% |
| Alagoas | 250 | 0.008% |
| Sergipe | 210 | 0.010% |
| Amapá | 198 | 0.027% |
| Acre | 155 | 0.019% |
| Roraima | 107 | 0.017% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Edina
Behind the Name lists Edina as a Hungarian female name, possibly a diminutive of names beginning with the Old Germanic element adal, 'noble'. Wiktionary records Edina as a Serbo-Croatian female name and as a poetic name for Edinburgh, in Scotland. The origin of the name in Brazilian use is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 36,433 people named Edina, with a median age of 49; proportionally, the name is most common in Rondônia.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Edina · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Edina · en.wiktionary.org · usage
Questions about the name Edina
What does the name Edina mean?
The meaning of Edina 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 Edina in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 36,433 people with the first name Edina, which ranks it number 717 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Edina a boy's or a girl's name?
Edina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 36,213 women and 220 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Edina most common?
Proportionally, in Rondônia: 0.040% of the state's population is named Edina (626 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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