Meaning of the nameJessina
- Female
- Jes-si-na
Jessina is a feminine name that combines Jessi-, an element taken from names such as Jéssica, with the diminutive suffix -ina; it has 745 people in the 2022 Census.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 745 people named Jessina, the 10,151st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 64, and the largest group was born in the 1940s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.
Meaning
The meaning of Jessina 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)
- 745
- Rank in Brazil
- #10,151
- Median age
- 64 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,012
- people
Jessina in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Jessina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1940s (157 people).
740 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 Jessina is most common
States with the highest share of people named Jessina in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pernambuco 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pernambuco | 173 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 84 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 77 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 54 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 51 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 51 | 0.000% |
| Alagoas | 39 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 38 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 29 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 27 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 19 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 18 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Jessina
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Jessi- as an element probably taken from names such as Jéssica, which comes from Hebrew Yiskah, and -ina as a diminutive affix from Latin. The meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 745 people named Jessina, with a median age of 64. The name is almost always female, and most were born before 1970. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Jessi-, -ina) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Jessina
What does the name Jessina mean?
The meaning of Jessina 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 Jessina in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 745 people with the first name Jessina, which ranks it number 10,151 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1940s.
Is Jessina a boy's or a girl's name?
Jessina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 740 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Jessina most common?
Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.002% of the state's population is named Jessina (173 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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