Meaning of the nameJacirene
- Female
- Ja-ci-re-ne
Jacirene is a Brazilian female name that begins with Jaci-, an element the Morfemário links to Tupi 'moon', and ends in -ene.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,345 people named Jacirene, the 4,588th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 44, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amapá.
Meaning
The meaning of Jacirene 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)
- 2,345
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,588
- Median age
- 44 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,452
- people
Jacirene in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Jacirene, 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 (759 people).
2,337 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 Jacirene is most common
States with the highest share of people named Jacirene in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pará | 808 | 0.010% |
| Maranhão | 446 | 0.007% |
| São Paulo | 141 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 113 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 111 | 0.015% |
| Amazonas | 94 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 94 | 0.006% |
| Goiás | 93 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 67 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 65 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 52 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 45 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 37 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 23 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 22 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 21 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 20 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 17 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 17 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Jacirene
The Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes Jaci- as a probable fragment of names such as Jacira and Jaciara, and suggests that it comes from Tupi, with the meaning 'moon'. The same project gives -ene as a probable borrowing of the French -enne or a fragment of names such as Irene. Since no source analyzes Jacirene as a whole, the meaning of the name is not known with certainty. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,345 people named Jacirene, with a median age of 44. It is almost always a female name, and most of those recorded were born between 1960 and 1989. Proportionally, it is most common in Amapá.
Sources
- Morfemário: Jaci- e -ene · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Jacirene
What does the name Jacirene mean?
The meaning of Jacirene 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 Jacirene in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,345 people with the first name Jacirene, which ranks it number 4,588 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Jacirene a boy's or a girl's name?
Jacirene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,337 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Jacirene most common?
Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.015% of the state's population is named Jacirene (111 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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