Meaning of the nameGasparina
- Female
- Gas-pa-ri-na
Gasparina is a Brazilian feminine name with the form of Gaspar plus the suffix -ina; the origin of Gaspar is uncertain, and almost all women recorded with it were born before 1980.
Meaning
The meaning of Gasparina 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)
- 2,271
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,695
- Median age
- 69 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,081
- people
Gasparina in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Gasparina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (744 people).
2,257 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 Gasparina is most common
States with the highest share of people named Gasparina in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Goiás 0.006%
- Minas Gerais 0.005%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Minas Gerais | 1,089 | 0.005% |
| Goiás | 392 | 0.006% |
| São Paulo | 269 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 119 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 95 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 62 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 48 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 28 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 26 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 22 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 22 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 18 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Gasparina
Gaspar is a masculine name, equivalent to Caspar, the name of one of the magi of the Christian tradition; Behind the Name gives it as the Portuguese and Spanish form of Jasper, which perhaps comes from biblical Hebrew gizbar ('treasurer'), in turn from Old Persian. Since this link is only probable, the meaning of Gasparina remains uncertain. The ending -ina is, according to the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), a diminutive affix from Latin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,271 people named Gasparina, with a median age of 69, almost always women.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Wiktionary: Gaspar · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Gaspar · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Jasper · behindthename.com · origin
Questions about the name Gasparina
What does the name Gasparina mean?
The meaning of Gasparina 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 Gasparina in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,271 people with the first name Gasparina, which ranks it number 4,695 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Gasparina a boy's or a girl's name?
Gasparina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,257 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Gasparina most common?
Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.006% of the state's population is named Gasparina (392 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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