Meaning of the nameIvanete
- Female
- Slavic origin
- Hebrew origin
- French origin
- I-va-ne-te
Ivanete is a female name formed, according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, from Ivan- plus the feminine suffix -ete.
Meaning
“Ivan ('Yahweh is gracious') with the diminutive suffix -ete”
Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ivanete · Behind the Name: John
- People (2022)
- 40,303
- Rank in Brazil
- #664
- Median age
- 51 years
- 2010 Census
- 38,795
- people
Ivanete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Ivanete, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (13,497 people).
40,109 women 194 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 Ivanete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Ivanete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Espírito Santo 0.048%
- Rondônia 0.044%
- Amapá 0.043%
- Amazonas 0.035%
- Pará 0.032%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 6,482 | 0.015% |
| Minas Gerais | 5,043 | 0.025% |
| Bahia | 4,140 | 0.029% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 2,644 | 0.024% |
| Pará | 2,572 | 0.032% |
| Paraná | 2,390 | 0.021% |
| Santa Catarina | 2,132 | 0.028% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,085 | 0.013% |
| Espírito Santo | 1,839 | 0.048% |
| Maranhão | 1,474 | 0.022% |
| Amazonas | 1,378 | 0.035% |
| Pernambuco | 1,342 | 0.015% |
| Goiás | 877 | 0.012% |
| Mato Grosso | 805 | 0.022% |
| Rondônia | 689 | 0.044% |
| Sergipe | 588 | 0.027% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 525 | 0.019% |
| Distrito Federal | 479 | 0.017% |
| Paraíba | 418 | 0.011% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 409 | 0.012% |
| Ceará | 366 | 0.004% |
| Alagoas | 348 | 0.011% |
| Piauí | 338 | 0.010% |
| Amapá | 312 | 0.043% |
| Tocantins | 250 | 0.017% |
| Acre | 227 | 0.027% |
| Roraima | 151 | 0.024% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Ivanete
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) indicates the formation Ivan- + -ete. Its Morfemário (morpheme list) gives the suffix -ete as coming from French -ette and Latin -eta, a diminutive affix found in names such as Claudete, Bernadete and Ivonete, and it cites Ivanete among the Brazilian names with this ending. Ivan is a borrowing from Russian, a doublet of João according to Wiktionary; Behind the Name derives it from Greek Ioannes, and in the John entry it explains Hebrew Yoḥanan as 'Yahweh is gracious'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 40,303 people named Ivanete, with a median age of 51; most were born in the 1960s and 1970s. The dictionary lists Yvanete, Yvanethe and Ivannete as spelling variants.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ivanete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ete) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Wiktionary: Ivan · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Ivan · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: John · behindthename.com · meaning
Questions about the name Ivanete
What does the name Ivanete mean?
Ivanete means “Ivan ('Yahweh is gracious') with the diminutive suffix -ete”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.
How many people are named Ivanete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 40,303 people with the first name Ivanete, which ranks it number 664 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Ivanete a boy's or a girl's name?
Ivanete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 40,109 women and 194 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Ivanete?
Ivanete is a name of Slavic, Hebrew and French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Ivanete most common?
Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.048% of the state's population is named Ivanete (1,839 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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