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Meaning of the nameIvina

Ivina is a female name used in Brazil, of uncertain origin, which ends in -ina, a suffix of Latin origin.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,251 people named Ivina, the 4,721st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 22, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.

Meaning

The meaning of Ivina 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)
2,251
Rank in Brazil
#4,721
Median age
22 years
2010 Census
2,090
people

Ivina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ivina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (671 people).

2,240 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 Ivina is most common

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

  1. Ceará 0.012%
  2. Bahia 0.001%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Ceará1,0400.012%
Bahia1710.001%
Minas Gerais1410.001%
São Paulo980.000%
Paraíba910.002%
Piauí910.003%
Rio de Janeiro740.001%
Pará730.001%
Maranhão720.001%
Rio Grande do Norte570.002%
Pernambuco470.001%
Amazonas460.001%
Sergipe300.001%
Distrito Federal260.001%
Acre240.003%
Paraná210.000%
Santa Catarina210.000%
Amapá200.003%
Goiás190.000%
Espírito Santo190.001%
Alagoas170.001%

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

About the name Ivina

The origin of the name Ivina is uncertain. The ending -ina is an element documented in the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, coming from the Latin diminutive suffix -ina, as in Regina and Valentina. It is recorded almost always as female, and most of the records are of people born between 1990 and 2019. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,251 people named Ivina, with a median age of 22; proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Ivina

What does the name Ivina mean?

The meaning of Ivina 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 Ivina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,251 people with the first name Ivina, which ranks it number 4,721 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Ivina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,240 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Ivina most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.012% of the state's population is named Ivina (1,040 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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