Meaning of the nameEdineia
- Female
- E-di-nei-a
Edineia is a Brazilian feminine name formed from Edi- + -neia, the same ending as in Lucineia and Valdineia; its meaning as a whole is not known for certain.
Meaning
The meaning of Edineia 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)
- 21,859
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,004
- Median age
- 42 years
- 2010 Census
- 24,096
- people
Edineia in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Edineia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (7,547 people).
21,778 women 81 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 Edineia is most common
States with the highest share of people named Edineia in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rondônia 0.031%
- Paraná 0.030%
- Espírito Santo 0.027%
- Mato Grosso 0.021%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.020%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 4,480 | 0.010% |
| Paraná | 3,403 | 0.030% |
| Minas Gerais | 2,229 | 0.011% |
| Bahia | 1,731 | 0.012% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,660 | 0.010% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,473 | 0.019% |
| Pará | 1,246 | 0.015% |
| Espírito Santo | 1,020 | 0.027% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 814 | 0.008% |
| Mato Grosso | 784 | 0.021% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 557 | 0.020% |
| Rondônia | 486 | 0.031% |
| Amazonas | 441 | 0.011% |
| Goiás | 353 | 0.005% |
| Maranhão | 261 | 0.004% |
| Pernambuco | 145 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 133 | 0.005% |
| Amapá | 113 | 0.015% |
| Piauí | 97 | 0.003% |
| Acre | 97 | 0.012% |
| Tocantins | 81 | 0.005% |
| Ceará | 80 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 46 | 0.007% |
| Paraíba | 37 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 31 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 31 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 30 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Edineia
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives the formation Edi- + -neia. According to the project's Morfemário, Ed-/Edi- comes from Anglo-Saxon ead, 'wealth, goods', and -néia perhaps is a fragment of names such as Dulcinéia or a feminine variant linked to Ney; the same ending appears in Lucinéia, Rosenéia and Valdinéia. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 21,859 people named Edineia, with a median age of 42; the name is almost always female, most were born in the 1970s and 1980s, and, proportionally, it is most common in Rondônia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Edineia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Edineia
What does the name Edineia mean?
The meaning of Edineia 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 Edineia in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 21,859 people with the first name Edineia, which ranks it number 1,004 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Edineia a boy's or a girl's name?
Edineia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 21,778 women and 81 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Edineia most common?
Proportionally, in Rondônia: 0.031% of the state's population is named Edineia (486 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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