Meaning of the nameKaline
- Female
- Ka-li-ne
Kaline is a Brazilian female name of uncertain origin, written with K and with the variant Caline, most frequent among women born in the 1990s and 2000s.
Meaning
The meaning of Kaline 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)
- 14,119
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,347
- Median age
- 23 years
- 2010 Census
- 13,722
- people
Kaline in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Kaline, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (4,998 people).
14,052 women 67 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 Kaline is most common
States with the highest share of people named Kaline in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.042%
- Paraíba 0.040%
- Pernambuco 0.021%
- Piauí 0.021%
- Tocantins 0.017%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pernambuco | 1,883 | 0.021% |
| Paraíba | 1,598 | 0.040% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 1,386 | 0.042% |
| Bahia | 1,195 | 0.009% |
| São Paulo | 1,096 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 902 | 0.013% |
| Pará | 849 | 0.011% |
| Piauí | 670 | 0.021% |
| Ceará | 563 | 0.006% |
| Alagoas | 502 | 0.016% |
| Amazonas | 390 | 0.010% |
| Goiás | 388 | 0.006% |
| Minas Gerais | 379 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 295 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 263 | 0.017% |
| Paraná | 253 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 226 | 0.003% |
| Distrito Federal | 215 | 0.008% |
| Mato Grosso | 183 | 0.005% |
| Sergipe | 180 | 0.008% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 145 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 141 | 0.017% |
| Espírito Santo | 131 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 99 | 0.004% |
| Rondônia | 94 | 0.006% |
| Roraima | 60 | 0.009% |
| Amapá | 33 | 0.005% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Kaline
The origin of Kaline is not known for certain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil has an entry for Kaline and lists Caline, Calinne, Calyne, Kalinne, Kalyne and Kalynne as spelling variants. The ending -ine matches the formative that the Morfemário (morpheme list) of the same dictionary gives as French -ine, from Latin -ina, a diminutive suffix found in Aline and Caroline, but the formation of Kaline is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 14,119 people named Kaline, with a median age of 23. The name is almost always female, hardly appears among women born before 1970 and, proportionally, is most common in Rio Grande do Norte.
With an initial K, it is the most common spelling in the group and the one that gives its name to the entry in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.
Other spellings of Kaline
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Kaline | 14,119 |
| Caline | 3,770 |
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Kaline · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-INE) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Kaline
What does the name Kaline mean?
The meaning of Kaline 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 Kaline in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 14,119 people with the first name Kaline, which ranks it number 1,347 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Kaline a boy's or a girl's name?
Kaline is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 14,052 women and 67 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Kaline most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.042% of the state's population is named Kaline (1,386 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Kaline?
Caline. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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