Meaning of the nameJosivan
- Male
- Jo-si-van
Josivan is a male name formed in Brazil, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil analyzes as Josi- + -van.
Meaning
The meaning of Josivan is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 15,846
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,245
- Median age
- 36 years
- 2010 Census
- 17,171
- people
Josivan in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Josivan, 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 (5,229 people).
123 women 15,723 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 Josivan is most common
States with the highest share of people named Josivan in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.052%
- Amapá 0.029%
- Paraíba 0.026%
- Alagoas 0.026%
- Tocantins 0.025%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pernambuco | 2,081 | 0.023% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 1,727 | 0.052% |
| Maranhão | 1,571 | 0.023% |
| Pará | 1,325 | 0.016% |
| Bahia | 1,280 | 0.009% |
| São Paulo | 1,198 | 0.003% |
| Ceará | 1,164 | 0.013% |
| Paraíba | 1,044 | 0.026% |
| Alagoas | 816 | 0.026% |
| Piauí | 544 | 0.017% |
| Goiás | 410 | 0.006% |
| Amazonas | 383 | 0.010% |
| Tocantins | 377 | 0.025% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 323 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 306 | 0.014% |
| Minas Gerais | 229 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 215 | 0.029% |
| Mato Grosso | 206 | 0.006% |
| Distrito Federal | 143 | 0.005% |
| Santa Catarina | 100 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 76 | 0.012% |
| Rondônia | 74 | 0.005% |
| Espírito Santo | 70 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 65 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 53 | 0.002% |
| Acre | 44 | 0.005% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 22 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Josivan
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Josivan as a Brazilianism formed from Josi- + -van, and the dictionary's Morfemário (morpheme list) cites it among the Brazilian names with these two elements, alongside Josivaldo and Lucivan. The Morfemário gives Josi- as an element of uncertain origin and -van as one of doubtful origin, perhaps a hypocoristic of the formative -vando or a fragment of Ivan, and for this reason the name has no meaning known with certainty. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 15,846 people named Josivan, with a median age of 36. The name is almost always male, peaked among people born in the 1980s and, proportionally, is most common in Rio Grande do Norte.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Josivan · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Josi-, -van) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Josivan
What does the name Josivan mean?
The meaning of Josivan is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Josivan in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 15,846 people with the first name Josivan, which ranks it number 1,245 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Josivan a boy's or a girl's name?
Josivan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 123 women and 15,723 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Josivan most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.052% of the state's population is named Josivan (1,727 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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