Meaning of the nameJanaína
- Female
- Ja-na-í-na
Janaína is a female name used in Brazil, of uncertain origin, linked to the name of Iemanjá, a sea orisha of Afro-Brazilian worship.
Meaning
The meaning of Janaína 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)
- 194,267
- Rank in Brazil
- #167
- Median age
- 35 years
- 2010 Census
- 210,831
- people
Janaína in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Janaína, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (73,983 people).
193,562 women 705 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 Janaína is most common
States with the highest share of people named Janaína in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.126%
- Pernambuco 0.123%
- Paraíba 0.123%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.118%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.116%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 45,112 | 0.102% |
| Minas Gerais | 21,009 | 0.102% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 18,992 | 0.118% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 12,138 | 0.112% |
| Pernambuco | 11,168 | 0.123% |
| Paraná | 10,610 | 0.093% |
| Santa Catarina | 9,569 | 0.126% |
| Bahia | 7,462 | 0.053% |
| Ceará | 7,117 | 0.081% |
| Goiás | 6,972 | 0.099% |
| Pará | 4,908 | 0.060% |
| Paraíba | 4,889 | 0.123% |
| Maranhão | 4,780 | 0.071% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 3,832 | 0.116% |
| Mato Grosso | 3,621 | 0.099% |
| Distrito Federal | 3,237 | 0.115% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 2,900 | 0.105% |
| Alagoas | 2,881 | 0.092% |
| Amazonas | 2,850 | 0.072% |
| Piauí | 2,765 | 0.085% |
| Espírito Santo | 2,360 | 0.062% |
| Tocantins | 1,231 | 0.081% |
| Rondônia | 1,135 | 0.072% |
| Sergipe | 928 | 0.042% |
| Acre | 801 | 0.097% |
| Amapá | 533 | 0.073% |
| Roraima | 467 | 0.073% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Janaína
The origin of Janaína is uncertain. Behind the Name treats the name as a variant of Iemanjá, the Afro-Brazilian form of the Yoruba name Yemọja, which the site reads as 'mother of fish'; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil cites Machado (1981), who defines Janaína as a sea orisha of Afro-Brazilian worship. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 194,267 people named Janaína, with a median age of 35. The name is almost always female, and most of the people recorded were born in the 1980s and 1990s; proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.
It has an acute accent on the í, which marks the stressed syllable; it is the most common spelling in the group.
Other spellings of Janaína
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Janaína | 194,267 |
| Janayna | 1,844 |
Sources
- Wiktionary: Janaína · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Janaína · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Yemọja · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Janaina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Janaína
What does the name Janaína mean?
The meaning of Janaína 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 Janaína in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 194,267 people with the first name Janaína, which ranks it number 167 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Janaína a boy's or a girl's name?
Janaína is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 193,562 women and 705 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Janaína most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.126% of the state's population is named Janaína (9,569 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Janaína?
Janayna. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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