Meaning of the nameElizete
- Female
- French origin
- Hebrew origin
- E-li-ze-te
Elizete is a female name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links to French Elisette, a diminutive of Elise and Elisa, forms of Elizabeth.
Meaning
“diminutive linked to Elise and Elisa, forms of Elizabeth ('my God is an oath')”
Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Elizete · Behind the Name: Elise · Behind the Name: Elizabeth
- People (2022)
- 54,034
- Rank in Brazil
- #537
- Median age
- 50 years
- 2010 Census
- 59,084
- people
Elizete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Elizete, 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 (15,940 people).
53,755 women 279 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 Elizete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Elizete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Espírito Santo 0.044%
- Santa Catarina 0.043%
- Bahia 0.040%
- Rondônia 0.039%
- Paraná 0.035%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 8,852 | 0.020% |
| Minas Gerais | 5,872 | 0.029% |
| Bahia | 5,716 | 0.040% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 4,166 | 0.026% |
| Paraná | 4,037 | 0.035% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 3,735 | 0.034% |
| Santa Catarina | 3,281 | 0.043% |
| Pará | 2,482 | 0.031% |
| Goiás | 1,763 | 0.025% |
| Espírito Santo | 1,690 | 0.044% |
| Maranhão | 1,661 | 0.025% |
| Pernambuco | 1,342 | 0.015% |
| Ceará | 1,317 | 0.015% |
| Mato Grosso | 1,214 | 0.033% |
| Amazonas | 1,023 | 0.026% |
| Piauí | 902 | 0.028% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 770 | 0.028% |
| Distrito Federal | 734 | 0.026% |
| Paraíba | 706 | 0.018% |
| Rondônia | 610 | 0.039% |
| Alagoas | 471 | 0.015% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 458 | 0.014% |
| Tocantins | 382 | 0.025% |
| Sergipe | 254 | 0.012% |
| Acre | 212 | 0.026% |
| Amapá | 205 | 0.028% |
| Roraima | 179 | 0.028% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Elizete
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado (1981), gives Elizete as coming from French Elisette, a diminutive of Elise or Elisa, and analyzes the name as Eli(z)- + -ete. Behind the Name describes Elise as a short form of Elizabeth, a Hebrew name meaning 'my God is an oath'; the meaning is therefore that of the base name. The same dictionary lists Elisete, Elizethe, Helisete and Helizete among the spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 54,034 people named Elizete, most of them born in the 1960s and 1970s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Elizete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
- Behind the Name: Elise · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Elizabeth · behindthename.com · meaning
Questions about the name Elizete
What does the name Elizete mean?
Elizete means “diminutive linked to Elise and Elisa, forms of Elizabeth ('my God is an oath')”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.
How many people are named Elizete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 54,034 people with the first name Elizete, which ranks it number 537 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Elizete a boy's or a girl's name?
Elizete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 53,755 women and 279 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Elizete?
Elizete is a name of French and Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Elizete most common?
Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.044% of the state's population is named Elizete (1,690 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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