Meaning of the nameJian
- Male
- Jian
Jian is a male name recorded in Brazil; Behind the Name describes it as a Chinese name, written with characters such as 建 and 健.
Meaning
“to build, establish; strong, healthy (Chinese characters 建 and 健)”
Source: Behind the Name: Jian
- People (2022)
- 1,695
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,749
- Median age
- 26 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,589
- people
Jian in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Jian, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (612 people).
41 women 1,654 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 Jian is most common
States with the highest share of people named Jian in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.004%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
- Paraná 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande do Sul | 366 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 326 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 294 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 227 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 103 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 74 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 56 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 25 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 24 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 23 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 22 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 21 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 18 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Jian
Behind the Name records Jian as a name of Chinese origin, written with characters such as 建 (jiàn), 'to build, establish', and 健 (jiàn), 'strong, healthy', and notes that other characters with a similar pronunciation may also be used. This is the meaning of the characters; the origin of its use in Brazil is not documented. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,695 people named Jian, with a median age of 26. The name is almost always male.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Jian · behindthename.com · meaning
Questions about the name Jian
What does the name Jian mean?
Jian means “to build, establish; strong, healthy (Chinese characters 建 and 健)”, according to Behind the Name.
How many people are named Jian in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,695 people with the first name Jian, which ranks it number 5,749 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Jian a boy's or a girl's name?
Jian is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 41 women and 1,654 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Jian most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.004% of the state's population is named Jian (294 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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