Meaning of the nameFabiane

Female
Latin origin
Fa-bi-a-ne

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

Meaning

“Brazilian variant of Fabiana, feminine of Fabianus, from the Roman name Fabius, from faba, 'broad bean'”

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

People (2022): 49,454
Rank in Brazil: #572
Median age: 36 years
2010 Census: 51,711; people

Fabiane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Fabiane, 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 (21,106 people).

49,231 women 223 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 Fabiane is most common

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

Rio Grande do Sul 0.088%
Santa Catarina 0.049%
Paraná 0.044%
Amapá 0.041%
Amazonas 0.037%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	9,533	0.088%
São Paulo	6,930	0.016%
Paraná	5,074	0.044%
Rio de Janeiro	4,512	0.028%
Minas Gerais	4,001	0.020%
Santa Catarina	3,718	0.049%
Bahia	3,189	0.023%
Pará	2,498	0.031%
Amazonas	1,466	0.037%
Goiás	1,328	0.019%
Mato Grosso	970	0.027%
Maranhão	964	0.014%
Mato Grosso do Sul	767	0.028%
Espírito Santo	691	0.018%
Distrito Federal	605	0.022%
Pernambuco	596	0.007%
Ceará	483	0.006%
Rondônia	448	0.028%
Amapá	302	0.041%
Sergipe	264	0.012%
Tocantins	217	0.014%
Alagoas	197	0.006%
Rio Grande do Norte	176	0.005%
Piauí	165	0.005%
Paraíba	154	0.004%
Roraima	131	0.021%
Acre	75	0.009%

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

About the name Fabiane

Behind the Name lists Fabiane as a Brazilian Portuguese variant of Fabiana, the feminine form of Fabianus, a Roman cognomen derived from the family name Fabius. Wiktionary explains Fabianus as Fabius plus the suffix -ānus, and Fabius as derived from faba, 'broad bean'; Behind the Name gives the same origin. The ending -ane is described in the Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) as a formative coming from French -anne, present in names such as Cristiane and Juliane. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 49,454 people named Fabiane, peaking among those born in the 1980s.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Fabiane

What does the name Fabiane mean?

Fabiane means “Brazilian variant of Fabiana, feminine of Fabianus, from the Roman name Fabius, from faba, 'broad bean'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Fabiane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 49,454 people with the first name Fabiane, which ranks it number 572 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Fabiane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 49,231 women and 223 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Fabiane?

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

In which Brazilian state is Fabiane most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.088% of the state's population is named Fabiane (9,533 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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