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Meaning of the nameGeliane

Geliane is a Brazilian female name with the ending -iane, which the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links to the French -ane; the meaning of the name is not known.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,548 people named Geliane, the 6,117th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 32, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Meaning

The meaning of Geliane 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)
1,548
Rank in Brazil
#6,117
Median age
32 years
2010 Census
1,457
people

Geliane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Geliane, 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 (603 people).

1,538 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 Geliane is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.004%
  2. Pará 0.002%
  3. Bahia 0.001%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará1920.002%
Amazonas1430.004%
Minas Gerais1270.001%
Bahia1180.001%
São Paulo1080.000%
Paraná960.001%
Espírito Santo820.002%
Ceará780.001%
Rio de Janeiro770.001%
Maranhão730.001%
Pernambuco570.001%
Mato Grosso570.002%
Rio Grande do Sul400.000%
Goiás390.001%
Acre360.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul330.001%
Rio Grande do Norte270.001%
Rondônia270.002%
Alagoas260.001%
Santa Catarina250.000%
Piauí210.001%
Paraíba180.001%

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

About the name Geliane

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes the ending -iane as perhaps taken from names such as Cristiane, and the formative -ane as coming from the French -anne. The origin of Geliane as a whole, including the beginning Geli-, is uncertain. The name is almost always female, with the largest number of people born in the 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,548 people named Geliane, with a median age of 32.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-IANE, -YANE e -ANE, -ANNE) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Geliane

What does the name Geliane mean?

The meaning of Geliane 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 Geliane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,548 people with the first name Geliane, which ranks it number 6,117 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Geliane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,538 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Geliane most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.004% of the state's population is named Geliane (143 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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