Meaning of the nameIvonete
- Female
- French origin
- Germanic origin
- I-vo-ne-te
Ivonete is a Brazilian feminine name, a diminutive of Ivone that goes back, through French Yvonne, to Ivo, a name linked to the Germanic iwa, 'yew'.
Meaning
“diminutive of Ivone, a name linked to Ivo, from the Germanic element iwa, 'yew'”
Source: Behind the Name: Ivo
- People (2022)
- 69,664
- Rank in Brazil
- #433
- Median age
- 53 years
- 2010 Census
- 82,114
- people
Ivonete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Ivonete, 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 (20,995 people).
69,331 women 333 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 Ivonete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Ivonete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.077%
- Paraná 0.061%
- Paraíba 0.060%
- Pernambuco 0.058%
- Bahia 0.055%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 12,928 | 0.029% |
| Bahia | 7,741 | 0.055% |
| Paraná | 7,015 | 0.061% |
| Santa Catarina | 5,820 | 0.077% |
| Pernambuco | 5,268 | 0.058% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 4,916 | 0.031% |
| Minas Gerais | 3,570 | 0.017% |
| Paraíba | 2,383 | 0.060% |
| Goiás | 2,257 | 0.032% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 2,198 | 0.020% |
| Maranhão | 2,137 | 0.032% |
| Ceará | 1,912 | 0.022% |
| Pará | 1,660 | 0.020% |
| Mato Grosso | 1,447 | 0.040% |
| Piauí | 1,339 | 0.041% |
| Alagoas | 1,245 | 0.040% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 1,115 | 0.034% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 896 | 0.033% |
| Distrito Federal | 863 | 0.031% |
| Espírito Santo | 741 | 0.019% |
| Rondônia | 681 | 0.043% |
| Tocantins | 622 | 0.041% |
| Sergipe | 396 | 0.018% |
| Amazonas | 253 | 0.006% |
| Acre | 108 | 0.013% |
| Roraima | 95 | 0.015% |
| Amapá | 58 | 0.008% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Ivonete
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing José Pedro Machado, gives Ivonete as a name heard in Brazil, a diminutive of Ivone formed by analogy with Anete, Liliete and Mariete; Behind the Name also lists it as a diminutive of Ivone. Ivone comes from French Yvonne, the feminine of Yvon, a diminutive of Yves, which is the medieval French form of Ivo. According to Behind the Name, Ivo is a Germanic name taken from names beginning with the element iwa, 'yew', the tree, and there is an alternative theory of Celtic origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 69,664 people named Ivonete, with a median age of 53. Proportionally, the name is most common in Santa Catarina.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ivonete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Behind the Name: Ivonete · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Ivone · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Yvonne · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Yvon · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Yves · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Ivo · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: Ivone · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Ivonete
What does the name Ivonete mean?
Ivonete means “diminutive of Ivone, a name linked to Ivo, from the Germanic element iwa, 'yew'”, according to Behind the Name.
How many people are named Ivonete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 69,664 people with the first name Ivonete, which ranks it number 433 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Ivonete a boy's or a girl's name?
Ivonete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 69,331 women and 333 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Ivonete?
Ivonete is a name of French and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Ivonete most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.077% of the state's population is named Ivonete (5,820 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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