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Meaning of the nameGislene

Gislene is a Brazilian female name of uncertain origin, with the ending -lene of Marlene and Irene, most often recorded among women born in the 1980s.

Meaning

The meaning of Gislene 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)
28,396
Rank in Brazil
#851
Median age
41 years
2010 Census
30,773
people

Gislene in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gislene, 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 (10,167 people).

28,278 women 118 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 Gislene is most common

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

  1. Minas Gerais 0.036%
  2. São Paulo 0.024%
  3. Goiás 0.022%
  4. Distrito Federal 0.020%
  5. Tocantins 0.016%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo10,4370.024%
Minas Gerais7,4010.036%
Bahia1,5520.011%
Goiás1,5460.022%
Paraná9560.008%
Ceará6020.007%
Distrito Federal5730.020%
Rio de Janeiro5380.003%
Maranhão4950.007%
Mato Grosso4770.013%
Santa Catarina4680.006%
Piauí4270.013%
Mato Grosso do Sul3760.014%
Espírito Santo3510.009%
Pará3500.004%
Pernambuco3460.004%
Rio Grande do Sul3190.003%
Tocantins2350.016%
Paraíba1830.005%
Alagoas1820.006%
Rondônia1670.011%
Sergipe1460.007%
Rio Grande do Norte1150.004%
Amazonas930.002%
Roraima300.005%
Acre200.002%

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

About the name Gislene

The origin of Gislene is uncertain. The name ends in -lene, a formative that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) considers probably derived from French -enne or taken from names such as Irene and Marlene. The Dictionary records Gizlene, Gyslene and Jislene as spelling variants of Gislene. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 28,396 people named Gislene, with 10,167 born in the 1980s. Proportionally, the name is most common in Minas Gerais, and it is almost always female.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ene, -lene) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Gislene · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Gislene

What does the name Gislene mean?

The meaning of Gislene 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 Gislene in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 28,396 people with the first name Gislene, which ranks it number 851 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Gislene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 28,278 women and 118 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Gislene most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.036% of the state's population is named Gislene (7,401 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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