Meaning of the nameIzaira
- Female
- I-za-i-ra
Izaira is a Brazilian female name of uncertain origin, beginning with Iza- and recorded mostly among people born up to the 1960s.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,263 people named Izaira, the 7,078th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 62, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.
Meaning
The meaning of Izaira 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)
- 1,263
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,078
- Median age
- 62 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,497
- people
Izaira in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Izaira, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (297 people).
1,257 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 Izaira is most common
States with the highest share of people named Izaira in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 330 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 233 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 81 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 78 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 55 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 55 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 47 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 46 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 43 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 37 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 30 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 29 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 27 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 26 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 21 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 18 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Izaira
The origin of the spelling Izaira is uncertain. It begins with Iza-, an element that the Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as a probable fragment of names such as Isabel and Izabel and associates mostly with female names, such as Isabela, Isadora and Isaura. The final part -ira has no documented analysis, so the meaning of the name is not known. It is an almost always female name, with the most records among people born in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,263 people named Izaira, with a median age of 62.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Izaira
What does the name Izaira mean?
The meaning of Izaira 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 Izaira in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,263 people with the first name Izaira, which ranks it number 7,078 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Izaira a boy's or a girl's name?
Izaira is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,257 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Izaira most common?
Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.002% of the state's population is named Izaira (233 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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