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Meaning of the nameEmiliana

Emiliana is a female name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Emiliano, which comes from the Roman name Aemilianus.

Meaning

The meaning of Emiliana 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)
4,852
Rank in Brazil
#2,788
Median age
43 years
2010 Census
5,720
people

Emiliana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Emiliana, 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 (1,174 people).

4,825 women 27 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 Emiliana is most common

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

  1. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.005%
  2. Ceará 0.004%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.004%
  4. Piauí 0.004%
  5. Pará 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo8340.002%
Minas Gerais7740.004%
Ceará3660.004%
Rio de Janeiro3530.002%
Bahia3410.002%
Pará2080.003%
Paraná2040.002%
Goiás1830.003%
Rio Grande do Sul1710.002%
Maranhão1580.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul1490.005%
Santa Catarina1330.002%
Pernambuco1300.001%
Piauí1160.004%
Amazonas970.003%
Mato Grosso950.003%
Rio Grande do Norte920.003%
Espírito Santo860.002%
Paraíba810.002%
Distrito Federal730.003%
Tocantins600.004%
Alagoas460.002%
Rondônia370.002%
Sergipe250.001%
Roraima180.003%
Acre160.002%

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

About the name Emiliana

Emiliana is the feminine form of Emiliano, which derives from the Latin Aemilianus, in turn from Aemilius, the name of a Roman family. The origin of Aemilius is uncertain: Wiktionary links it, with 'possibly', to the Latin aemulus ('rival'). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,852 people named Emiliana, with a median age of 43. It is almost always female, and most of the people recorded were born from 1960 to 1999.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Emiliana · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Emiliano · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Aemilius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Emiliano · behindthename.com · origin
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Emiliana · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Emiliana

What does the name Emiliana mean?

The meaning of Emiliana 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 Emiliana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,852 people with the first name Emiliana, which ranks it number 2,788 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Emiliana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,825 women and 27 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Emiliana?

Emiliana is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Emiliana most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.005% of the state's population is named Emiliana (149 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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