Meaning of the nameGermana

Female
Latin origin
Ger-ma-na

Germana is a feminine name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Germanus, whose original sense is uncertain.

Meaning

The meaning of Germana 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): 4,939
Rank in Brazil: #2,762
Median age: 42 years
2010 Census: 5,987; people

Germana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Germana, 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 (1,294 people).

4,915 women 24 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 Germana is most common

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

Ceará 0.015%
Paraíba 0.012%
Piauí 0.007%
Pernambuco 0.004%
Bahia 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
Ceará	1,328	0.015%
Paraíba	482	0.012%
São Paulo	479	0.001%
Minas Gerais	417	0.002%
Pernambuco	365	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	340	0.002%
Bahia	310	0.002%
Piauí	211	0.007%
Goiás	152	0.002%
Maranhão	147	0.002%
Pará	108	0.001%
Distrito Federal	85	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	75	0.001%
Paraná	64	0.001%
Alagoas	56	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	53	0.002%
Espírito Santo	52	0.001%
Mato Grosso	46	0.001%
Santa Catarina	44	0.001%
Tocantins	34	0.002%
Amazonas	23	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	23	0.001%
Sergipe	15	0.001%

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

About the name Germana

Behind the Name gives Germana as the feminine form of Germanus, a Roman name used as a cognomen, and lists Germano as the masculine form in Portuguese. Sources differ on the sense of the base name: Behind the Name links it to the Latin word for 'brother', while Wiktionary treats Germānus as an adjective for the peoples of Germania and says its origin is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,939 people named Germana, with a median age of 42. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará. It is almost always a female name, and the most frequent decade of birth is the 1980s.

Sources

Behind the Name: Germana · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Germanus · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Germanus · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Germana

What does the name Germana mean?

The meaning of Germana 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 Germana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,939 people with the first name Germana, which ranks it number 2,762 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Germana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,915 women and 24 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Germana?

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

In which Brazilian state is Germana most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.015% of the state's population is named Germana (1,328 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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