Meaning of the nameFabiana

Female
Latin origin
Fa-bi-a-na

Fabiana is a feminine name of Latin origin, the feminine of Fabianus, a name linked to the Roman family Fabius and to Latin faba, 'bean'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Fabianus (Fabiano), from the Roman family name Fabius, from faba, 'bean'”

Source: Behind the Name: Fabiana · Behind the Name: Fabius · Wiktionary: Fabius

People (2022): 274,147
Rank in Brazil: #113
Median age: 38 years
2010 Census: 291,910; people

Fabiana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Fabiana, 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 (133,155 people).

272,904 women 1,243 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 Fabiana is most common

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

São Paulo 0.178%
Rio de Janeiro 0.164%
Pernambuco 0.157%
Paraíba 0.147%
Minas Gerais 0.144%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	78,899	0.178%
Minas Gerais	29,637	0.144%
Rio de Janeiro	26,401	0.164%
Bahia	17,211	0.122%
Pernambuco	14,190	0.157%
Rio Grande do Sul	13,365	0.123%
Paraná	12,471	0.109%
Santa Catarina	10,388	0.137%
Goiás	8,241	0.117%
Ceará	6,957	0.079%
Maranhão	5,909	0.087%
Paraíba	5,856	0.147%
Pará	5,613	0.069%
Espírito Santo	5,054	0.132%
Alagoas	4,451	0.142%
Mato Grosso	4,315	0.118%
Distrito Federal	3,764	0.134%
Rio Grande do Norte	3,609	0.109%
Mato Grosso do Sul	3,575	0.130%
Amazonas	3,474	0.088%
Sergipe	2,986	0.135%
Piauí	2,743	0.084%
Rondônia	1,934	0.122%
Tocantins	1,235	0.082%
Acre	814	0.098%
Roraima	612	0.096%
Amapá	443	0.060%

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

About the name Fabiana

Behind the Name gives Fabiana as the feminine form of Fabianus, a Roman cognomen derived from the family name Fabius; Wiktionary records Fabiana as the feminine counterpart of Fabiano, a learned borrowing from Latin Fabianus. According to Behind the Name and Wiktionary, Fabius comes from Latin faba, 'bean'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 274,147 people named Fabiana, with a median age of 38.

Sources

Behind the Name: Fabiana · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Fabius · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Fabius · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Fabiano · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Fabian · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Fabiana · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Fabiana · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Fabiana

What does the name Fabiana mean?

Fabiana means “feminine form of Fabianus (Fabiano), from the Roman family name Fabius, from faba, 'bean'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Fabiana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 274,147 people with the first name Fabiana, which ranks it number 113 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Fabiana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 272,904 women and 1,243 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Fabiana?

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

In which Brazilian state is Fabiana most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.178% of the state's population is named Fabiana (78,899 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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