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Meaning of the nameJoseane

Joseane is a female Brazilian name, a variant of Josiane, which comes from Joséphine, the French feminine of José, from the Hebrew 'he will add'.

Meaning

“variant of Josiane, a diminutive of Joséphine, the feminine of José, 'he will add'”

Source: Behind the Name: Joseph

People (2022)
60,360
Rank in Brazil
#504
Median age
36 years
2010 Census
66,046
people

Joseane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Joseane, 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 (25,981 people).

60,001 women 359 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 Joseane is most common

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

  1. Sergipe 0.116%
  2. Paraíba 0.090%
  3. Pernambuco 0.085%
  4. Alagoas 0.082%
  5. Bahia 0.076%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia10,7440.076%
Pernambuco7,6780.085%
São Paulo7,5800.017%
Paraíba3,5950.090%
Minas Gerais3,0190.015%
Rio Grande do Sul3,0140.028%
Rio de Janeiro2,9600.018%
Maranhão2,8360.042%
Sergipe2,5530.116%
Alagoas2,5520.082%
Paraná2,0330.018%
Pará2,0060.025%
Rio Grande do Norte1,8730.057%
Santa Catarina1,8230.024%
Piauí1,1950.037%
Goiás8730.012%
Ceará7550.009%
Mato Grosso6200.017%
Espírito Santo5560.015%
Amazonas4560.012%
Distrito Federal4050.014%
Mato Grosso do Sul3760.014%
Rondônia2610.017%
Tocantins2440.016%
Roraima1820.029%
Amapá1030.014%
Acre680.008%

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

About the name Joseane

Behind the Name records Joseane, used in Brazil, as a variant of Josiane, which is a diminutive of Joséphine, the French feminine of Joseph; Joseph comes from the Hebrew Yosef, 'he will add'. That is the meaning of the base name. The Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) places Joseane among the traditional names with the element Josi-, Jozi-, which may be pronounced as Josi-, and gives the ending -ane as coming from the French -anne. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 60,360 people named Joseane, with a median age of 36. The name is almost always female, most of the people recorded were born in the 1970s and 1980s and, proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Joseane · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Josiane · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Joséphine · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Joseph · behindthename.com · meaning
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Josi-, -ane) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  6. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Joseane · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Joseane

What does the name Joseane mean?

Joseane means “variant of Josiane, a diminutive of Joséphine, the feminine of José, 'he will add'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Joseane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 60,360 people with the first name Joseane, which ranks it number 504 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Joseane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 60,001 women and 359 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Joseane?

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

In which Brazilian state is Joseane most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.116% of the state's population is named Joseane (2,553 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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