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Meaning of the nameFlaviane

Flaviane is a female name ending in -ane, a formative that came from French -anne, with most records among people born in the 1980s.

Meaning

The meaning of Flaviane 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)
15,147
Rank in Brazil
#1,283
Median age
31 years
2010 Census
15,477
people

Flaviane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Flaviane, 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 (5,349 people).

15,064 women 83 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 Flaviane is most common

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

  1. Minas Gerais 0.016%
  2. Goiás 0.012%
  3. Maranhão 0.011%
  4. Sergipe 0.010%
  5. Espírito Santo 0.010%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais3,1910.016%
São Paulo1,8860.004%
Rio de Janeiro1,4080.009%
Goiás8600.012%
Pará8110.010%
Bahia7330.005%
Maranhão7330.011%
Paraná7300.006%
Ceará6270.007%
Pernambuco5860.007%
Rio Grande do Sul5250.005%
Espírito Santo3860.010%
Mato Grosso3520.010%
Santa Catarina3250.004%
Amazonas3150.008%
Sergipe2280.010%
Alagoas2260.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul2070.008%
Rio Grande do Norte1810.006%
Piauí1640.005%
Distrito Federal1580.006%
Tocantins1470.010%
Paraíba1440.004%
Rondônia1250.008%
Amapá600.008%
Roraima240.004%
Acre150.002%

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

About the name Flaviane

Flaviane ends in -ane, a feminine formative that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil traces to French -anne and illustrates with names such as Adriane, Cristiane and Viviane; according to the same Morfemário, this ending gained popularity from the 1950s onward and now seems to be displacing the Latin -ana. The opening Flavi- is the same as in Flávia and Flaviana, but the formation of Flaviane is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 15,147 people named Flaviane, with a peak among those born in the 1980s; proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais. The name is almost always female.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ane, -anne) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Flaviane

What does the name Flaviane mean?

The meaning of Flaviane 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 Flaviane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 15,147 people with the first name Flaviane, which ranks it number 1,283 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Flaviane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 15,064 women and 83 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Flaviane most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.016% of the state's population is named Flaviane (3,191 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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