Meaning of the nameJanayna
- Female
- Ja-nay-na
Janayna is a spelling of the name Janaína.
Meaning
The meaning of Janayna 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)
- 1,844
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,398
- Median age
- 32 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,093
- people
Janayna in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Janayna, 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 (551 people).
1,836 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 Janayna is most common
States with the highest share of people named Janayna in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Maranhão 0.002%
- Pernambuco 0.001%
- Goiás 0.001%
- Ceará 0.001%
- Paraná 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 266 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 161 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 124 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 124 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 115 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 109 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 107 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 102 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 84 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 67 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 65 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 63 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 62 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 46 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 44 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 39 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 39 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 33 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 32 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 29 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 28 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 28 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 26 | 0.002% |
| Acre | 15 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Janayna
It replaces the accented í with y; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it among the spelling variants of Janaína. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
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.
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 Janayna
What does the name Janayna mean?
The meaning of Janayna 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 Janayna in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,844 people with the first name Janayna, which ranks it number 5,398 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Janayna a boy's or a girl's name?
Janayna is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,836 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Janayna most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.002% of the state's population is named Janayna (124 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Janayna?
Janaína. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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