Meaning of the nameJoaninha

Joaninha is a feminine name, a diminutive of Joana, which in turn is the feminine form of João, from Hebrew 'Yahweh is gracious'.

Meaning

“diminutive form of Joana, feminine of João, 'Yahweh is gracious'”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Joaninha · Wiktionary: Joana · Behind the Name: John

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People (2022): 989
Rank in Brazil: #8,351
Median age: 64 years
2010 Census: 1,212; people

Joaninha in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Joaninha, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (244 people).

978 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 Joaninha is most common

States with the highest share of people named Joaninha in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Paraná 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	173	0.000%
Paraná	118	0.001%
Minas Gerais	113	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	80	0.001%
Bahia	79	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	55	0.002%
Santa Catarina	49	0.001%
Goiás	49	0.001%
Mato Grosso	40	0.001%
Espírito Santo	33	0.001%
Tocantins	30	0.002%
Pará	28	0.000%
Rio de Janeiro	27	0.000%
Maranhão	20	0.000%
Ceará	18	0.000%
Distrito Federal	18	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Joaninha

Joaninha is a diminutive of Joana, according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), which cites Machado (1981), and Wiktionary gives the word joaninha as Joana plus the suffix -inha. Joana is the feminine form of João and comes from Latin Joanna, from Greek Ioanna and, ultimately, from Hebrew; Behind the Name explains John (João) as 'Yahweh is gracious', and that is the meaning of the base name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 989 people named Joaninha, with a median age of 64. The largest group was born in the 1950s, and the records are almost always female. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Joaninha · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Wiktionary: Joana · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Joanna · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: John · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: joaninha · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Joaninha

What does the name Joaninha mean?

Joaninha means “diminutive form of Joana, feminine of João, 'Yahweh is gracious'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Joaninha in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 989 people with the first name Joaninha, which ranks it number 8,351 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Joaninha a boy's or a girl's name?

Joaninha is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 978 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Joaninha?

Joaninha is a name of Hebrew and Portuguese origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Joaninha most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.001% of the state's population is named Joaninha (118 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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