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Meaning of the nameIandra

Iandra is a Brazilian female name of uncertain origin, with the variant Yandra; records begin in the 1970s.

Meaning

The meaning of Iandra 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)
4,460
Rank in Brazil
#2,975
Median age
19 years
2010 Census
3,976
people

Iandra in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Iandra, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,542 people).

4,424 women 36 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 Iandra is most common

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

  1. Sergipe 0.008%
  2. Amazonas 0.005%
  3. Bahia 0.005%
  4. Pará 0.004%
  5. Pernambuco 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia7170.005%
Minas Gerais5830.003%
São Paulo4090.001%
Pernambuco3330.004%
Pará3110.004%
Ceará2470.003%
Maranhão2320.003%
Amazonas2120.005%
Sergipe1720.008%
Rio de Janeiro1250.001%
Espírito Santo1210.003%
Santa Catarina1150.002%
Rio Grande do Norte1080.003%
Goiás980.001%
Rio Grande do Sul970.001%
Piauí870.003%
Distrito Federal750.003%
Mato Grosso700.002%
Paraíba680.002%
Paraná650.001%
Amapá460.006%
Alagoas390.001%
Tocantins370.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul310.001%
Rondônia280.002%
Roraima220.004%

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

About the name Iandra

The origin of Iandra and Yandra is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists them as spelling variants of each other, along with Aindra, Hiandra and Hyandra. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,460 people named Iandra, with a median age of 19, and 3,245 named Yandra. In both spellings, records begin in the 1970s and most of the people were born in 2000 or later. Both names are almost always female.

It uses an initial I; it is the most common spelling in the group.

Other spellings of Iandra

SpellingPeople (2022)
Iandra4,460
Yandra3,245

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Iandra · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Yandra · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Iandra

What does the name Iandra mean?

The meaning of Iandra 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 Iandra in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,460 people with the first name Iandra, which ranks it number 2,975 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Iandra is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,424 women and 36 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Iandra most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.008% of the state's population is named Iandra (172 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Iandra?

Yandra. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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