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Meaning of the nameJoicilene

Joicilene is a Brazilian female name ending in -lene, like Jocilene and Jacilene, almost always given to women born between 1980 and 2009.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,179 people named Joicilene, the 7,399th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 28, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.

Meaning

The meaning of Joicilene 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)
1,179
Rank in Brazil
#7,399
Median age
28 years
2010 Census
1,524
people

Joicilene in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Joicilene, 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 (406 people).

1,173 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 Joicilene is most common

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

  1. Maranhão 0.003%
  2. Pará 0.003%
  3. Amazonas 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará2190.003%
Maranhão1920.003%
Amazonas1000.003%
Bahia870.001%
Acre750.009%
Minas Gerais640.000%
São Paulo540.000%
Roraima480.008%
Goiás410.001%
Ceará330.000%
Rio de Janeiro300.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul300.001%
Pernambuco250.000%
Piauí250.001%
Mato Grosso220.001%
Paraná170.000%
Santa Catarina170.000%

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

About the name Joicilene

Joicilene is a Brazilian name of modern formation. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records the ending -lene in Brazilian female names such as Jocilene and Jacilene, probably from the French -enne or from names such as Irene and Marlene. The same Morfemário describes Jo- as a probable fragment of José and João. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,179 people named Joicilene, with a median age of 28. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Joicilene

What does the name Joicilene mean?

The meaning of Joicilene 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 Joicilene in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,179 people with the first name Joicilene, which ranks it number 7,399 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Joicilene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,173 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Joicilene most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.003% of the state's population is named Joicilene (192 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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