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Meaning of the nameElcilene

Elcilene is a female name of uncertain origin, ending in -lene, proportionally most common in Amazonas.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,642 people named Elcilene, the 5,882nd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 40, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Meaning

The meaning of Elcilene 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)
1,642
Rank in Brazil
#5,882
Median age
40 years
2010 Census
1,657
people

Elcilene in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Elcilene, 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 (576 people).

1,633 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 Elcilene is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.008%
  2. Pará 0.005%
  3. Maranhão 0.003%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará3680.005%
Amazonas3020.008%
Maranhão2250.003%
Minas Gerais1490.001%
São Paulo780.000%
Goiás740.001%
Rio de Janeiro580.000%
Amapá540.007%
Bahia430.000%
Acre390.005%
Rondônia340.002%
Distrito Federal250.001%
Espírito Santo220.001%
Piauí220.001%
Pernambuco190.000%
Tocantins190.001%
Roraima190.003%
Ceará180.000%
Mato Grosso180.001%
Paraná170.000%

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

About the name Elcilene

The origin of the spelling Elcilene is uncertain. The ending -lene is a name-forming element that the Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) probably links to French -enne or to names such as Irene and Marlene; the beginning Elci- has no documented element. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,642 people named Elcilene, almost always women. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Elcilene

What does the name Elcilene mean?

The meaning of Elcilene 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 Elcilene in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,642 people with the first name Elcilene, which ranks it number 5,882 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Elcilene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,633 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Elcilene most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.008% of the state's population is named Elcilene (302 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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