Meaning of the nameErilene
- Female
- E-ri-le-ne
Erilene is a Brazilian female name of uncertain origin, ending in -lene, an ending that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links to Irene and Marlene.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,471 people named Erilene, the 4,445th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 38, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.
Meaning
The meaning of Erilene 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)
- 2,471
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,445
- Median age
- 38 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,752
- people
Erilene in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Erilene, 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 (841 people).
2,459 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 Erilene is most common
States with the highest share of people named Erilene in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Ceará | 517 | 0.006% |
| Pará | 272 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 208 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 192 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 186 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 138 | 0.004% |
| Piauí | 136 | 0.004% |
| Pernambuco | 117 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 108 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 75 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 73 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 61 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 55 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 54 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 51 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 40 | 0.003% |
| Sergipe | 39 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 26 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 24 | 0.004% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Erilene
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records the ending -lene as a probable derivative of the French -enne or a fragment of names such as Irene and Marlene, and lists Darlene and Rosilene among the Brazilian names with this ending. The beginning Eri- is not listed there, and the origin of Erilene is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,471 people named Erilene, almost all of them female and most of them born between 1970 and 1999; proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ene, -lene) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Erilene
What does the name Erilene mean?
The meaning of Erilene 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 Erilene in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,471 people with the first name Erilene, which ranks it number 4,445 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Erilene a boy's or a girl's name?
Erilene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,459 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Erilene most common?
Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.006% of the state's population is named Erilene (517 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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