Meaning of the nameIanara
- Female
- I-a-na-ra
Ianara is a Brazilian female name ending in -ara, an ending that the Morfemário describes as having diverse origins, not only Indigenous ones.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,542 people named Ianara, the 6,133rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 24, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.
Meaning
The meaning of Ianara 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)
- 1,542
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,133
- Median age
- 24 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,460
- people
Ianara in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Ianara, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (466 people).
1,532 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 Ianara is most common
States with the highest share of people named Ianara in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Ceará 0.002%
- Maranhão 0.002%
- Pernambuco 0.001%
- Bahia 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 169 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 157 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 126 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 120 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 108 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 87 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 79 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 78 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 76 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 73 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 67 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 61 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 49 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 49 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 42 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 39 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 33 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 28 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 22 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 18 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 15 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 15 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Ianara
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes -ara as probably taken from names such as Jussara and notes that, although it seems Indigenous, the names it comes from have diverse origins (Jussara and Jaciara, from Tupi; Cinara, from Greek; Chiara, from Italian). The derivation of Ianara itself is not documented. The name is almost always female, with the largest number of people born in the 1990s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,542 people named Ianara, with a median age of 24.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ARA) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Ianara
What does the name Ianara mean?
The meaning of Ianara 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 Ianara in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,542 people with the first name Ianara, which ranks it number 6,133 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Ianara a boy's or a girl's name?
Ianara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,532 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Ianara most common?
Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.002% of the state's population is named Ianara (157 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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