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Meaning of the nameJuvelina

Juvelina is a Brazilian feminine name ending in -ina, recorded mainly among people born up to the 1960s.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,091 people named Juvelina, the 4,953rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 66, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.

Meaning

The meaning of Juvelina 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)
2,091
Rank in Brazil
#4,953
Median age
66 years
2010 Census
2,966
people

Juvelina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Juvelina, 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 (515 people).

2,087 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 Juvelina is most common

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

  1. Paraná 0.003%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5550.001%
Paraná3780.003%
Minas Gerais2210.001%
Rio Grande do Sul2040.002%
Santa Catarina1560.002%
Mato Grosso840.002%
Bahia720.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul700.003%
Goiás690.001%
Rio de Janeiro680.000%
Pará400.001%
Espírito Santo270.001%
Pernambuco240.000%
Rondônia240.002%
Piauí170.001%
Amazonas160.000%

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

About the name Juvelina

The origin of Juvelina is uncertain. The ending -ina is, according to the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), a diminutive affix from Latin, found in Cristina, Regina and Valentina, and the name recalls Jovelino, which the Morfemário cites among the names in -ino. The formation of Juvelina itself is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,091 people named Juvelina, with a median age of 66; proportionally, the name is most common in Paraná. It is almost always a female name.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Juvelina

What does the name Juvelina mean?

The meaning of Juvelina 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 Juvelina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,091 people with the first name Juvelina, which ranks it number 4,953 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Juvelina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,087 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Juvelina most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.003% of the state's population is named Juvelina (378 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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