Meaning of the nameIonara

Female
Hebrew origin
I-o-na-ra

Ionara is a female name that the Morfemário gives as of Hebrew origin; the Dicionário analyzes it as Ion + -ara, and Yonara is a spelling variant.

Meaning

The meaning of Ionara 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): 5,918
Rank in Brazil: #2,435
Median age: 31 years
2010 Census: 6,384; people

Ionara in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ionara, 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 (1,628 people).

5,885 women 33 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 Ionara is most common

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

Rio Grande do Norte 0.011%
Paraíba 0.007%
Piauí 0.007%
Bahia 0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.005%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	855	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	592	0.005%
São Paulo	479	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	355	0.011%
Ceará	348	0.004%
Pernambuco	334	0.004%
Minas Gerais	323	0.002%
Paraíba	264	0.007%
Santa Catarina	254	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	242	0.002%
Pará	212	0.003%
Piauí	212	0.007%
Amazonas	210	0.005%
Paraná	209	0.002%
Maranhão	209	0.003%
Goiás	204	0.003%
Sergipe	95	0.004%
Distrito Federal	81	0.003%
Mato Grosso	77	0.002%
Tocantins	71	0.005%
Alagoas	70	0.002%
Espírito Santo	68	0.002%
Rondônia	54	0.003%
Roraima	43	0.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul	31	0.001%
Acre	15	0.002%

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

About the name Ionara

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil analyzes Ionara as Ion + -ara and lists Yonara as a spelling variant. The Morfemário includes Ionara among the traditional names from which the element -ara was probably extracted and gives it as of Hebrew origin, without indicating a meaning. Most of the people recorded as Ionara were born in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,918 people named Ionara, with a median age of 31. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Norte.

Spelled with an initial I, the most recorded spelling and the one the dictionary analyzes as Ion + -ara.

Other spellings of Ionara

Spelling	People (2022)
Ionara	5,918
Yonara	2,108

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ionara · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ARA) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Yonara · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Ionara

What does the name Ionara mean?

The meaning of Ionara 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 Ionara in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,918 people with the first name Ionara, which ranks it number 2,435 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Ionara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,885 women and 33 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ionara?

Ionara is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ionara most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.011% of the state's population is named Ionara (355 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ionara?

Yonara. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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