Meaning of the nameIolete
- Female
- I-o-le-te
Iolete is a Brazilian female name ending in -ete, a suffix that forms female names, and its meaning is not known for certain.
Meaning
The meaning of Iolete 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)
- 1,224
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,214
- Median age
- 55 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,383
- people
Iolete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Iolete, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (350 people).
1,217 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 Iolete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Iolete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão | 304 | 0.005% |
| Pará | 146 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 103 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 79 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 65 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 60 | 0.004% |
| Minas Gerais | 57 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 57 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 50 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 49 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 48 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 32 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 25 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 21 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 20 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 19 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Iolete
Iolete ends in -ete, a suffix that forms female names; the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives it as coming from the French -ette, from the Latin diminutive -eta, and cites Claudete and Salete among the examples. The origin of the beginning Iol- is uncertain. The records are concentrated in the 1960s and 1970s and run through the 1990s, and the name is almost always female. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,224 people named Iolete, with a median age of 55. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Iolete
What does the name Iolete mean?
The meaning of Iolete 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 Iolete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,224 people with the first name Iolete, which ranks it number 7,214 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Iolete a boy's or a girl's name?
Iolete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,217 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Iolete most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.005% of the state's population is named Iolete (304 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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