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Meaning of the nameIrondina

Irondina is a female name ending in -ina, of uncertain origin, with records of people born since before 1940.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,036 people named Irondina, the 8,086th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 68, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.

Meaning

The meaning of Irondina 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)
1,036
Rank in Brazil
#8,086
Median age
68 years
2010 Census
1,529
people

Irondina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Irondina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (330 people).

1,031 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 Irondina is most common

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

  1. Paraná 0.002%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  3. Santa Catarina 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Paraná2710.002%
Rio Grande do Sul2540.002%
Santa Catarina1110.002%
Goiás990.001%
São Paulo980.000%
Minas Gerais830.000%
Mato Grosso300.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul250.001%

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

About the name Irondina

The origin of the name Irondina is uncertain, and its meaning is not known for certain. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes the ending -ina as a diminutive affix coming from Latin, but the division of Irondina into elements is not documented. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,036 people named Irondina, with a median age of 68. The name is almost always female, born mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and proportionally most common in Paraná.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ina) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Irondina

What does the name Irondina mean?

The meaning of Irondina 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 Irondina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,036 people with the first name Irondina, which ranks it number 8,086 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Irondina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,031 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Irondina most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.002% of the state's population is named Irondina (271 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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