Meaning of the nameIsaira
- Female
- I-sai-ra
Isaira is a Brazilian feminine name, spelled with the ending -aira, that begins with the formative Isa-, and whose origin and meaning are not known with certainty.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,011 people named Isaira, the 8,225th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 60, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.
Meaning
The meaning of Isaira 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)
- 1,011
- Rank in Brazil
- #8,225
- Median age
- 60 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,457
- people
Isaira in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Isaira, 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 (213 people).
1,006 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 Isaira is most common
States with the highest share of people named Isaira in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 261 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 141 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 96 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 74 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 56 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 56 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 36 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 33 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 29 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 28 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 27 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 24 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 21 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 19 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Isaira
Isaira begins with Isa-, a formative that the Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as a probable fragment of Isabel or Izabel, tending toward feminine names; the Morfemário, however, does not list Isaira among its examples, and the origin of the spelling is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,011 people named Isaira, almost always women, with a median age of 60; most were born between 1940 and 1969, and proportionally it is most common in Paraná.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Isaira
What does the name Isaira mean?
The meaning of Isaira 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 Isaira in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,011 people with the first name Isaira, which ranks it number 8,225 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Isaira a boy's or a girl's name?
Isaira is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,006 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Isaira most common?
Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.001% of the state's population is named Isaira (141 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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