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Meaning of the nameElenara

Elenara is an almost always female name of uncertain origin, ending in -ara, most often recorded among women born in the 1970s.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,027 people named Elenara, the 8,139th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 46, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Meaning

The meaning of Elenara 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)
1,027
Rank in Brazil
#8,139
Median age
46 years
2010 Census
1,109
people

Elenara in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Elenara, 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 (277 people).

1,023 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 Elenara is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.008%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul8140.008%
Santa Catarina480.001%
Paraná310.000%
Minas Gerais250.000%
São Paulo250.000%
Mato Grosso150.000%

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

About the name Elenara

The origin of the spelling Elenara is uncertain. The name is almost always female and ends in -ara, which the morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records as a probable fragment taken from traditional given names such as Jussara. The most frequent decade of birth is the 1970s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,027 people named Elenara, with a median age of 46. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Elenara

What does the name Elenara mean?

The meaning of Elenara 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 Elenara in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,027 people with the first name Elenara, which ranks it number 8,139 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Elenara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,023 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Elenara most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.008% of the state's population is named Elenara (814 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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