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Meaning of the nameÍtala

Ítala is a female name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Ítalo, a name that evokes Italy.

Meaning

“feminine form of Ítalo, a Latin name linked to Italy”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ítala · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ítalo · Behind the Name: Italo

People (2022)
5,411
Rank in Brazil
#2,599
Median age
27 years
2010 Census
5,650
people

Ítala in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ítala, 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 (1,952 people).

5,351 women 60 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 Ítala is most common

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

  1. Alagoas 0.011%
  2. Sergipe 0.008%
  3. Pernambuco 0.007%
  4. Rio Grande do Norte 0.007%
  5. Bahia 0.006%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia8200.006%
Pernambuco6700.007%
São Paulo5510.001%
Ceará4000.005%
Minas Gerais3550.002%
Alagoas3480.011%
Maranhão2680.004%
Rio de Janeiro2630.002%
Rio Grande do Norte2190.007%
Pará2180.003%
Goiás1890.003%
Sergipe1810.008%
Amazonas1440.004%
Paraíba1220.003%
Piauí1130.004%
Distrito Federal770.003%
Paraná670.001%
Rio Grande do Sul670.001%
Mato Grosso660.002%
Santa Catarina610.001%
Espírito Santo510.001%
Tocantins490.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul420.002%
Amapá210.003%
Rondônia190.001%
Acre170.002%

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

About the name Ítala

Wiktionary records Ítala as a female name of Latin origin, the feminine equivalent of Ítalo, and Ítalo as a learned borrowing of Latin Italus. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado, gives Ítala as the feminine of Ítalo and links Ítalo to Latin Italus, an ancient king of Italy who, according to a legend recorded in Virgil's Aeneid, supposedly gave his name to Italy. Behind the Name gives Italo as the Italian form of Italus and relates the name to the place name Italy. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,411 people named Ítala, almost always female. Most were born in the 1990s and 2000s.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Ítala · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Ítalo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ítala · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ítalo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  5. Behind the Name: Italo · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Ítala

What does the name Ítala mean?

Ítala means “feminine form of Ítalo, a Latin name linked to Italy”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Ítala in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,411 people with the first name Ítala, which ranks it number 2,599 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Ítala a boy's or a girl's name?

Ítala is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,351 women and 60 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ítala?

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

In which Brazilian state is Ítala most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.011% of the state's population is named Ítala (348 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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