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Meaning of the nameIvoni

Ivoni is a feminine name close to Ivone, an adaptation of the French Yvonne; the Dictionary records Yvoni and Ivony as variants of Ivone.

Meaning

The meaning of Ivoni is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
4,174
Rank in Brazil
#3,111
Median age
61 years
2010 Census
5,886
people

Ivoni in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ivoni, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,189 people).

3,958 women 216 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 Ivoni is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.011%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.007%
  3. Paraná 0.004%
  4. Mato Grosso 0.003%
  5. Goiás 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul1,2260.011%
São Paulo7390.002%
Santa Catarina4910.007%
Paraná4640.004%
Minas Gerais2630.001%
Bahia1750.001%
Goiás1240.002%
Rio de Janeiro1130.001%
Mato Grosso1020.003%
Espírito Santo670.002%
Pará630.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul620.002%
Rondônia460.003%
Ceará390.000%
Pernambuco350.000%
Piauí270.001%
Maranhão200.000%
Amazonas180.001%
Paraíba160.000%
Rio Grande do Norte160.001%
Distrito Federal160.001%

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

About the name Ivoni

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil explains Ivone as an adaptation of the French Yvonne, a feminine derivative of Yvon, and lists Yvoni, Ivony and Yvone among its spelling variants. Behind the Name gives Yvonne as the French feminine form of Yvon, and Yvon as a medieval diminutive of Yves, and cites Ivone as the Portuguese form, without assigning a meaning. The origin of the spelling Ivoni is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,174 people named Ivoni, with a median age of 61. The name is almost always female. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ivone · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Yvonne · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Yvon · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Ivoni

What does the name Ivoni mean?

The meaning of Ivoni is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Ivoni in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,174 people with the first name Ivoni, which ranks it number 3,111 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Ivoni is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,958 women and 216 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Ivoni most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.011% of the state's population is named Ivoni (1,226 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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