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Meaning of the nameJucimara

Jucimara is a female name formed from the elements Juci- and -mara, according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, which classes it as a brasileirismo (a Brazilian coinage).

Meaning

The meaning of Jucimara 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)
9,054
Rank in Brazil
#1,835
Median age
37 years
2010 Census
9,963
people

Jucimara in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jucimara, 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 (3,257 people).

9,013 women 41 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 Jucimara is most common

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

  1. Sergipe 0.013%
  2. Amazonas 0.013%
  3. Bahia 0.012%
  4. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.011%
  5. Paraná 0.010%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia1,7300.012%
São Paulo1,6000.004%
Paraná1,1650.010%
Minas Gerais6660.003%
Santa Catarina6530.009%
Amazonas4910.013%
Rio Grande do Sul3310.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul2960.011%
Sergipe2870.013%
Rio de Janeiro2660.002%
Mato Grosso2630.007%
Pará1980.002%
Espírito Santo1950.005%
Pernambuco1360.002%
Maranhão1180.002%
Rio Grande do Norte1060.003%
Goiás850.001%
Paraíba700.002%
Piauí660.002%
Rondônia650.004%
Ceará640.001%
Alagoas610.002%
Distrito Federal390.001%
Tocantins380.003%
Amapá280.004%
Roraima210.003%
Acre160.002%

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

About the name Jucimara

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil analyzes Jucimara as Juci- + -mara and classes it as a brasileirismo (a Brazilian coinage). The Morfemário considers Juci- of uncertain origin and points to Juçara as the oldest dictionary-listed given name with this beginning; for -mara, it says that an affectionate form of Maria, the Hebrew marah, 'bitterness', and the Tupi marã may converge. The meaning of the name as a whole is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,054 people named Jucimara, with a median age of 37. The name is almost always female.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jucimara · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-mara) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Jucimara

What does the name Jucimara mean?

The meaning of Jucimara 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 Jucimara in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,054 people with the first name Jucimara, which ranks it number 1,835 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Jucimara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 9,013 women and 41 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Jucimara most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.013% of the state's population is named Jucimara (287 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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