Meaning of the nameElenita

Elenita is a feminine name that Wiktionary, in its Tagalog section, explains as a Spanish diminutive of Elena, a form of Helena.

Meaning

The meaning of Elenita 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): 12,260
Rank in Brazil: #1,485
Median age: 58 years
2010 Census: 15,677; people

Elenita in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Elenita, 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 (3,449 people).

12,204 women 56 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 Elenita is most common

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

Bahia 0.022%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.010%
Santa Catarina 0.009%
Alagoas 0.008%
Piauí 0.008%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	3,041	0.022%
São Paulo	2,177	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,054	0.010%
Minas Gerais	866	0.004%
Santa Catarina	685	0.009%
Paraná	615	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	597	0.004%
Goiás	501	0.007%
Ceará	407	0.005%
Pernambuco	318	0.004%
Piauí	251	0.008%
Alagoas	247	0.008%
Pará	189	0.002%
Espírito Santo	171	0.005%
Mato Grosso	170	0.005%
Distrito Federal	168	0.006%
Maranhão	166	0.002%
Sergipe	139	0.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul	100	0.004%
Tocantins	82	0.005%
Paraíba	80	0.002%
Amazonas	78	0.002%
Rondônia	73	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	55	0.002%

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

About the name Elenita

In Wiktionary, Elenita appears in the Tagalog section as a borrowing from Spanish, a diminutive of Elena; in Portuguese, Elena is recorded as an alternative form of Helena, which comes from Greek Helénē through Latin Helena. Behind the Name says that Helene probably comes from a Greek word for 'torch', but may also be linked to the Greek word for 'moon', so the meaning of the Greek name is not certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,260 people named Elenita, with a median age of 58. The name is almost always female, is concentrated among women born from the 1940s to the 1970s and, proportionally, is most common in Bahia.

It is the most common spelling in the group and begins with a vowel, like Elena.

Other spellings of Elenita

Spelling	People (2022)
Elenita	12,260
Helenita	4,491

Sources

Wiktionary: Elenita (tagalo, diminutivo de Elena) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Elena · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Helen · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Helena · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Elenita

What does the name Elenita mean?

The meaning of Elenita 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 Elenita in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,260 people with the first name Elenita, which ranks it number 1,485 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Elenita is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 12,204 women and 56 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Elenita?

Elenita is a name of Greek and Spanish origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Elenita most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.022% of the state's population is named Elenita (3,041 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Elenita?

Helenita. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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