Meaning of the nameIsaura

Female
Latin origin
I-sau-ra

Isaura is a female name of Latin origin, the feminine of Isauro, meaning 'native of Isauria', a region of Asia Minor.

Meaning

“native of Isauria”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Isaura · Behind the Name: Isaura

People (2022): 26,493
Rank in Brazil: #891
Median age: 66 years
2010 Census: 37,278; people

Isaura in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Isaura, 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 (6,220 people).

26,364 women 129 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 Isaura is most common

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

São Paulo 0.017%
Paraná 0.016%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.016%
Piauí 0.015%
Espírito Santo 0.015%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	7,706	0.017%
Minas Gerais	2,614	0.013%
Rio de Janeiro	2,028	0.013%
Bahia	1,957	0.014%
Paraná	1,832	0.016%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,700	0.016%
Santa Catarina	924	0.012%
Pernambuco	863	0.010%
Goiás	776	0.011%
Ceará	738	0.008%
Pará	658	0.008%
Maranhão	613	0.009%
Espírito Santo	574	0.015%
Piauí	496	0.015%
Paraíba	433	0.011%
Mato Grosso do Sul	412	0.015%
Mato Grosso	403	0.011%
Rio Grande do Norte	337	0.010%
Distrito Federal	294	0.010%
Alagoas	249	0.008%
Amazonas	232	0.006%
Rondônia	206	0.013%
Sergipe	149	0.007%
Tocantins	141	0.009%
Acre	59	0.007%
Roraima	50	0.008%
Amapá	49	0.007%

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

About the name Isaura

According to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, which cites Machado (1981), Isaura is the feminine of Isauro, from the Latin Isauro-, 'native of Isauria'. Behind the Name describes Isaura as a Late Latin name with the same meaning and places Isauria in Asia Minor. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 26,493 people named Isaura, with a median age of 66. The name is most frequent among people born before the 1970s and rare among those born after 2000.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Isaura · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Behind the Name: Isaura · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Isaura · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Isaura

What does the name Isaura mean?

Isaura means “native of Isauria”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Isaura in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 26,493 people with the first name Isaura, which ranks it number 891 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Isaura is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 26,364 women and 129 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Isaura?

Isaura is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Isaura most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.017% of the state's population is named Isaura (7,706 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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