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Meaning of the nameIrislene

Irislene is a Brazilian feminine name that begins like Iris and ends in -lene, an element used to form feminine names; the meaning of the whole is uncertain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,588 people named Irislene, the 6,030th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 33, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.

Meaning

The meaning of Irislene 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)
1,588
Rank in Brazil
#6,030
Median age
33 years
2010 Census
1,703
people

Irislene in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Irislene, 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 (459 people).

1,584 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 Irislene is most common

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

  1. Maranhão 0.005%
  2. Piauí 0.003%
  3. Ceará 0.002%
  4. Pará 0.002%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Maranhão3380.005%
Ceará1960.002%
Pará1790.002%
Minas Gerais1540.001%
Piauí1110.003%
Goiás990.001%
São Paulo810.000%
Amazonas790.002%
Tocantins470.003%
Distrito Federal330.001%
Bahia320.000%
Pernambuco310.000%
Mato Grosso280.001%
Roraima270.004%
Paraíba240.001%
Rio Grande do Norte240.001%
Rio de Janeiro230.000%
Rondônia170.001%

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

About the name Irislene

The name begins like Iris, of Greek origin, which Behind the Name translates as 'rainbow', and ends in -lene, an element that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) probably links to French -enne or to names such as Irene and Marlene. The formation of Irislene as a whole is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,588 people named Irislene, with a median age of 33. Most were born between 1980 and 2009, and the name is almost always female. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Iris · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Irislene

What does the name Irislene mean?

The meaning of Irislene 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 Irislene in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,588 people with the first name Irislene, which ranks it number 6,030 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Irislene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,584 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Irislene most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.005% of the state's population is named Irislene (338 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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